[Rick Lee]

I doubt any guy who drives a Porsche is gonna get much sympathy from the folks who really have a hard time paying for gas. It amazes me how people always accuse "Big Oil" companies of gouging consumers, when the federal gubmint could make the price drop overnight by a good $.50 per gallon by dropping their gas tax. State gov't. takes their cut too. And they all tax the profits of the companies that refine and distribute the gas, tax the trucks that deliver it, the gas stations who sell it - taxation every step of the way from the ground to your car's gas cap. Rent a car in Europe or Japan and then complain that we pay too much for gas. And "politically backed" oil companies? I think Mobil-Exxon is one of, if not, THE largest employers in the US. I guess that means they're a "special interest", eh? If I were a pol, you're darn tootin' I'd pay attention to the concerns of one of the nation's largest employers and tax payers.