First I'm not flaming you I'm just quoting you because I think you make a point that alot of people make. What is the government supposed to do? The last thing we want is the federal government regulating anything (remember the old airline days). We as Americans consume more gasoline than any country in the world and yet we have the arrogance to think we should pay less for it? Isn't that bizzaro economics? Up is down, left is right, demand more supply and pay less for it? Right now Europeans pay about 2.3X the rate we do just based on taxes alone. So if the solution is to take out all the taxes on gas you would probably see a significant decrease at the pump. Now the question is how do you pay for all those programs?