In was Paying $1.99 per Gallon of Gas in January 2006....what changed?

Question

What "leadership" took over to cause this?

Answer 1

  There was a leadership change in 2006? And who the h**l is "In"?

Answer 2

Its called the "Democratic Party".  Clinton had a chance to start drilling but chose not to.  Now these libs are blasting the Reps for wanting to drill stating it would take 10 yrs for us to see a drop of gas come from this.  Guess what, ITS BEEN 10 YRS!  Are we going to let them make the same mistake again??

Answer 3

The Democrats in Congress.

Answer 4

If you noticed when Polesi became the speaker gas prices sky rocketed, when she left DC for vacation, gas prices went down.  Hmmmmmmm

Answer 5

Nancy and the Vactioners released their #1 hit, "s***w talking, I'm turning out the lights."

It went to the top of the charts.

Answer 6

the fact is congress can only pass legislation the president signs in.

Answer 7

Democratic controlled congress??? Hmmmmmm......

Answer 8

ooh!   ooh! I know! PIck me!!

Democratic Congress! Madam Pelosi!

Yay!

Answer 9

China's oil needs started growing dramatically, and we did not increase energy production to compensate.

Answer 10

easy , the liberal democrats took back over the congress and the price went up. still no drilling and no new refineries being built...let me see...yeah...it was those people...democrats...  they lied again !!

Answer 11

1.99....are you sure, that doesn't sound right.

Answer 12

Oil speculators assumed that there was going to be less gasoline, and decided to buy rather than sell. A President can't say "I demand you sell!" and have that actually work. So if you own oil stock, then it's your fault. If you don't, then it's somebody else's fault. But it's no party's fault. We can't stop speculation.

Answer 13

Dems voted in! Go figure.

"I'm saving the world"!- Nancy Pelosi.

Answer 14

Yeah, it was 1.99 in January 2006...but a lot in fthe global economy has changed and the answer to this question isn't as simple as the usual brainless "Bush's fault" stuff.  Bush has screwed up on plenty of stuff, but the "oil" problem is A LOT more complex than one man or one country.  

It generally has to do with basic economics (more demand + finite supply = price increases).

Consider that over the past year, the profit margin on making gasoline was in many cases lower when gas was $3.75+ than when it was $2.00.  

Answer 15

Since when does "leadership" control the price of a commodity traded in an open market?

Economics 101 is calling.