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Originally Posted by Rock36
See I don't like when people start saying how great we have it compared to our European counterparts.....
While at $4/gallon we are still far below places like here in Germany, I think it is often used as an excuse to charge even higher prices. It is just a way of saying, "suck it up you can still pay more for gas." Which is 
The important thing to think about is that gas prices have nearly doubled in the United States over the last two years.
Fuel prices here in Germany and other European nations certainly have not doubled in the last two years. That is the F'd part of the situation in the States. |
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I was talking about this with friend yesterday. He was saying the U.S. was finally getting what we deserved with gas prices.
So I answered him by basically saying; Yes, we in the U.S. are seen as whiners for getting in an uproar about the smallest tax increase, or even the sound of gas prices going up. But, that very uproar is why we have lower gas prices here (among other factors for sure). I see it as more intolerance than whining. As a country when we get fed up we make our voices heard. And when 51% of our country is screaming about the same issue our government usually listens. And if they don't, we boot them out. In my opinion our ability to be the squeaky wheel is why we can live the lifestyles we live. Now, that's also why the rest of the world sees us as selfish ugly Americans.
Love us or hate us, we have learned that we exist within our country on our terms. And we don't like it when someone else sets the terms with out our blessing. I'm not drawing any comparisons to other countries or saying everyone else should be like us. This is just my thought on why we are the way we are. fwiw.