by Ron Meyer

Created on: May 24, 2008   Last Updated: May 28, 2008

As the owner of a taxi company in rural northern New Jersey, to say the ever rising prices at the pump are a continuous challenge to the life of my business are a vast understatement. On a daily basis as I pull up to the pump to gas up my cab the anger and frustration of soon to be Four Dollar a gallon gas fills every fiber of my being. Those who I service are going to feel the wrath of my financial struggle. what was once a twelve dollar ride, has become a fifteen dollar ride, soon to be twenty dollars. I in turn have become the brunt of an angry mob of potential clients. They have every right to be upset of the price of a taxi ride, for i feel the mounting frustration on a daily basis. to survive I must continue to adjust my pricing. the utter frustration of the entire situation is not just a reflection of today's market, but in fact this is a problem that is squarely to blame on the wonder hypocrites we call elected officials. Congress has the audacity to sit on there righteous asses and grill the oil company executives about their profits, while at every level of government taxes are piled onto the price at the pump, in some cases up to sixty cents per gallon. Who is really raping us? With each price increase local, state, and our countries pockets continue to grow fat with the over taxed liquid gold we call gas. My frustration boils when if ten years ago projects such as drilling in Alaska, of the coasts of Florida, Virginia, California, and in the Gulf were

shelved as environmentally harmful ( potentially ) all because our elected officials are beholden to environmental lobbyist. These environmentalist's use arguments, out dated to say the least, of fear and gloom and doom. technologies have progressed to the point where drilling is cleaner, safer and more efficient then ever before. If the men and women we elected would cut out the phony posturing and get there heads out of their posteriors, perhaps in the next ten years our countries oil independence might become more of a reality.
President Clinton vetoed drilling in Alaska. He vetoed off shore exploration for new oil fields. He vetoed building new nuclear plants. Thanks slick Willy. Your legacy is tact. Act for todays well being while letting some one else deal with tomorrow's, now today's, problems. At least he was consistent. With all the resources available in The United States
remaining idol and untapped, how can anything but frustration grow in the hearts of any well thinking American. Tap the Alaskan

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