WHY ARE GASOLINE PRICES GOING UP SO HIGH?

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Term Paper Title	WHY ARE GASOLINE PRICES GOING UP SO HIGH?
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WHY ARE GASOLINE PRICES GOING UP SO HIGH?

If everyone else in the world is paying a lot more for gas, why shouldn't Americans?  Take your average spoiled American  who blames the Arabs for raising the gas prices unfairly in order to make a bigger profit.  It's true, gas prices have gone up by a lot in the last few months, but is that unfair?  Prices still are a lot higher in Canada, Europe and just about any other developed nation, according to Mike Royko in the May 2, 1996 issue of the Chicago Tribune. Ted Z. Manuel in a letter entitled "Voice of the People" of the Chicago Tribune, said "Most anywhere in Europe, gas costs are from $3.00 to $5.00 per gallon.  We scream when it hits a $1.35 to $1.75 a gallon, which if adjusted for inflation actually is cheaper than 25 years ago."  It seems that Americans just think the world owes them a favor.  Maybe it's time that they start playing fairly and stop feeling so sorry for themselves!!!
According to many articles, Americans have a lot more to be thankful for than they do to complain about.  For one, cars use gas a lot more efficiently than they did in the past.  According to Royko, "even today's luxury cars give you better gas mileage than the cheapest Chevies, Fords and Plymouths did not that long ago."  What does this mean?  This means that gas prices should logically go up.  It's the basic law of supply and demand.  It's true that more Americans are driving, but the gasoline suppliers still deserve to get paid fairly.
And what about inflation?  Well, when you take inflation into account, the price for gasoline is less now than it was forty years ago.  Just another example of how Americans ...

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