Kerry and Gas

[HoppysMag]

Originally posted by PyRo
Somhow I don't see destorying a mountain chain with nuclear weapons.

its a joke, your suposed to laugh...

[ShortStrokeTX]

Who said anything about chopping down the entire mountain chain? We can just take a little off the side as to not affect weather patterns

[MarkM]

Originally posted by PyRo
I remember about 2 years ago when prices went up to about $2.20 for regular, one guy pulls into the gas station I worked at, asks how much for regular. I tell him $2.20 a gallon. Guess what he says? "Wow thats cheap", he wasn't joking either he just came here from England, turns out they're paying a heck of alot more than us over there.

[1stdeadeye]

Originally posted by MarkM

Regardless of which Party gets to be President you are still going towards recession, have you seen the dollar exchange rate lately, the Canadian Dollar is stronger than yours.

Uhm no it isn't. Check your rates again buddy! $1 US=$1.30 Canadian, ergo the Canadian dollar is worth about $0.76 and thus weaker then the dollar!

[MarkM]

[Rooster]

The answer is incredibly simple. Lower the gas tax.

[1stdeadeye]

Originally posted by MarkM

Okay, so you get less American money for your Pound Sterling then you do Canadian money. Ergo American money is worth more then Canadian money. Not to hard to figure out eh?

By the way, I was pulling the New York International Exchange rates.

Also think about your statement. If Canadian Money was worth more then US money in England and not in the US, what would happen? Well smart traders like me would buy Canadian Money here at a "Discount" and re-sell it to you Brits over there and make a profit. How long would that market last before you Brits got wise to it? Not to long. Rates for exchange are very close to each other throughout the mjor markets of the world to reduce Currency Future Arbitage.

[Rooster]

"Regardless of which Party gets to be President you are still going towards recession, have you seen the dollar exchange rate lately, the Canadian Dollar is stronger than yours."

LOL! That is the effect of a past recession. Sorry to pee on the I hate America party (no, I'm really not sorry) but American goods are going to be going up in price again.

[MarkM]

Originally posted by 1stdeadeye


Okay, so you get less American money for your Pound Sterling then you do Canadian money. Ergo American money is worth more then Canadian money. Not to hard to figure out eh?

Your currency is falling the Canadian is stable ergo Canadian is stronger, I knew using the CDN would get you hooked but it was an easy example.
I am not on a hate america trip, just saying that things you see as bad aren't always what they seem and your political system is the same, yours is based in principle to the britsh system but unlike the british system you have a two party system not 3 like us. That aside all supporters of whatever political party try and do a number on their opponents...I have to say I love your political commercials, where you rip your opponent to shreds and drag up all the dirt...it is great, funny as well. But still fault will be found by both sides of the others results...go far enough back in any countrys (demorcratic that is not others ) political history and you can find when "your" party was doing well and the others wasn't, in some cases you don't need to go very far. The only winners are the politicans themselves who to generalise are self serving regardless of party affiliations..real great for a so called demorcratic system eh? We have the same issues here.

[MarkM]

Originally posted by 1stdeadeye
Also think about your statement. If Canadian Money was worth more then US money in England and not in the US, what would happen? Well smart traders like me would buy Canadian Money here at a "Discount" and re-sell it to you Brits over there and make a profit. How long would that market last before you Brits got wise to it? Not to long. Rates for exchange are very close to each other throughout the mjor markets of the world to reduce Currency Future Arbitage.

To use what you have put above I do understand what you are trying to say but quite often that would be the smart thing to do, I was in Sault ste Marie and the american side of the town relied on the canadians to shop there and visit (steel town with a greatly reduced steel works) the canadian currency was on par in the bars but every week the americans would go to the bar and spend US dollars, me I would have gone to the bank every friday and exchanged my US dollars for Canadian and got every third drink free but what do I know I'm just a dumb brit

[1stdeadeye]

Sorry MarkM,
I have to call you out. Stability does not equal stronger. Stronger equals purchasing power. If I offered you $1,000 US to do a job or $1,000 CAN to do a job, same job mind you, which would you take?

Thought so!

To be honest with you, I am a fan of the weaker dollar. Yes it makes imports more expensive, but it helps our export market tremendously! Also, it makes American made goods compete at price points for imported goods.

Buy American!!!

[spyder_strypes]

Originally posted by FactsOfLife
Yeah it is selfish. And everyone else that wants to tap into the reserves to lower short term prices is selfish and shortsighted.

Once again, no one wants to tap into the reserves. The guy who made this thread didn't know what he was talking about. Kerry never said he wanted to tap into them, neither did RoadDawg.

[Zumina]

If Kerry does take office, oil prices will fall. Bush has intentionally kept the price of oil high for obvious reasons. Now that we pretty much own Iraq and their oil embargo has been lifted, the price of oil should fall even more.

[1stdeadeye]

Originally posted by Zumina
If Kerry does take office, oil prices will fall. Bush has intentionally kept the price of oil high for obvious reasons. Now that we pretty much own Iraq and their oil embargo has been lifted, the price of oil should fall even more.

What are you smoking? Bush doesn't control oil prices. Opec and the refineries have a lot more to do with it then Bush.

Remember if Bush got his way and drilled in Anwar, oil prices would most likely be lower now! Bigger supply equals lower prices! So there!

[ShortStrokeTX]

I don't see why people think that the president is in direct control of the economy...