People's Republic of Hawaii Learns Communism FAILS!
People with more than two actively firing brain cells know
something VERY important - price and wage controls DO NOT WORK!
People without at such brain function (often known as liberals)
never seem to get it.
WorldNetDaily today reports that some of these liberals may
actually be starting to fire up some candlepower and figure this
out.Hawaii's gas price controls, imposed last fall
when the cost of fuel was hovering around $3 a gallon in many
parts of the U.S., have actually triggered much higher costs for
consumers.
High fuel costs in Hawaii are not unusual
because they are so far off the mainland that it costs a lot of
money to get fuel there which then has to be made up in the
final price. Something else liberals never seem to
get.In a recent check Hawaii's average cost per
gallon was $2.84, followed by New York at $2.57, California at
$2.53 and Connecticut at $2.47. The least expensive gas in the
country is in Utah at $2.13.
Before the gas cap law, Hawaii paid an average of 44 cents more
per gallon than the rest of the mainland. Since the law went
into effect in September, however, the differential has
increased to more than 50 cents per gallon.
Ok, so
what have we learned? Price controls do NOT solve the problem!
DUH! For a couple thousand dollars I would have been happy to
consult with these retards in the government there and saved
them all this hassle.
Representative Marcus Oshiro however still can't quiet bring
himself to accept that it has failed claiming that the sate has
"achieved price parity with the mainland and in that sense, the
law has been working." What? So BEFORE the law residents of
Hawaii paid 44 cents more per gallon and AFTER they are paying
50 cents more and that is called "working"? Only in the mind of
a socialist or communist liberal!
Oshiro also took a dig at the oil companies and ALL of us that
have stocks invested in them for retirement "oil companies have
posted record profits during this period and without greater
transparency, we are unable to determine whether the cap has
allowed unreasonable profits." I'll tell you what "comrade" keep
your grubby little bureaucratic hands OFF those "profits". I
personally like the concept of being able to afford my own
retirement than have to accept some half-baked state run
retirement fund like Social Security!
The lessons learned here will be lost on people like Comrade
Oshiro who will be back at trying to institute their brand of
left wing government control at the next chance they get.