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Old 07-19-2014, 09:37 PM
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If the market's free why can't the government participate in it fully?
Because the govt is using tax payers money.
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Old 07-19-2014, 09:41 PM
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I have been using a commercial company (Pacific Pride) and their stations are unattended and open 24/7. Some are attached to retail gas stations but the pumps are separate. Prices are not marked in the commercial stations though.
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Old 07-19-2014, 09:44 PM
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Because the govt is using tax payers money.
No one is threatening to sue so there must be a loophole. The town should have floated a bond for the conversion and paid it back from the gas station profits.
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Old 07-19-2014, 09:50 PM
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Because the govt is using tax payers money.
Good point. We should prosecute 'em the RICO statutes and nationalize the mutha effer's business altogether. Starting with those a$$holes in Kansas, Chuck and Dave.
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Old 07-20-2014, 08:51 AM
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Because the govt is using tax payers money.
The corporate world is awash with taxpayer dollars that flow through the government conduit.
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Old 07-20-2014, 09:19 AM
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The corporate world is awash with taxpayer dollars that flow through the government conduit.
That does not make competition from a government owned business ok.
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Old 07-20-2014, 09:35 AM
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That does not make competition from a government owned business ok.
I'm perfectly OK with it for basic universal health care if it's a service and not a for-profit enterprize.

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Old 07-20-2014, 09:44 AM
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I'm perfectly OK with it for basic universal health care if it's a service and not a for-profit enterprize.

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I doubt they can sell for more than a few cents less if that.

Retailers make almost nothing on gas sales.

It's the big oil companies that are raking in the big bucks in profits.

Of course they'll cry poor and say they only have an 8% profit margin, but 8% of a $4.00 gallon of gas is 32 cents.

That's about 30 cents more than the 2 cents that the retailer makes.

And you gotta remember that that 8% in profits is what's left after they reward their top executives with billions of dollars in compensation.

Most gas is sold at convenience stores these days and It's practically a loss leader in order to get you in the store to buy a bag of corn chips and a 44 ounce thirst buster both of which have huge profit margins.

Where the government really needs to get involved is in providing Health Care.

We could be saving hundreds of billions a year there.
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Old 07-20-2014, 11:16 AM
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That does not make competition from a government owned business ok.
Competition is good for the economy. The government has shown itself to be more stable than corporations. After all, we're still using the original.
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