Im not proposing a conspiracy in the books.. Im just saying that reality and what Wallstreet gets are not the same for MOST big corporations. not just oil. Plus its just my opinions.

About the clothing one: Tony touched on that earlier about having the abilty to choose a lesser brand of jeans and paying 8 bucks at Kohls or Walmart for jeans or ~30 for Levi's elsewhere. at least there is a choice. In the case of gas to choose.. U can choose which station and save a few pennies a tank... but in the end, you cant save half or better by choosing a lesser known brand.....

As far as the Gov taking advantage on taxes of the oil companies comment you made. I have no rebuttal and in fact agree, heck its why the government wants prices to remain high. :wink: