High oil prices punish Americans indiscriminately. At more than $100 per barrel, high oil prices pose a significant threat to the global economic recovery and promise to hit consumers hard in the pocketbook in the months ahead. But why now? Government officials, Wall Street analysts and television pundits would have us believe that rising oil prices are directly related to the civil unrest in the Middle East and demand from developing nations such as China and India. This week’s Off The Reservation column by Jed Morey takes aim at the lies, rhetoric and propaganda surrounding oil pricing and exposes who’s really to blame.
Top 10 Tuesday: Cheapest Gas Stations on LI
Let’s face it: gas prices stink. Consumers complain, complain and complain, but the prices seem to just continue to soar. And who wants to pay $4 per gallon? Not us. On top of the exorbitant gas prices, there’s reports that some gas stations on Long [...]