They found that all they need to do is, blame every price increase on some disaster, natural, fabricated, or otherwise. As if they manufacture gasoline to the exact drop each cycle. Wild fires caused the price of lumber to skyrocket recently too. And this typically results in prices staying inflated.
Last time fuel prices spiked, due to the speculators on Wall St., we got substantial fuel surcharges added to our delivery costs. Price of fuel went back down for years, but the surcharges have remained, along with other semi-hidden costs.
Don't kid yourselves. Neither the president, or Congress runs this country, Wall Street does.
