Gas Prices Are Kept High to Change Our Behavior

It's called "Social Engineering."

The environmentalists want us to stop polluting the planet (and by "us" of course I mean "us," the US - the developing world can continue to do what it's want - and if they don't bother to use the same care in treating sewage, etc. etc. that we in the West use, well that's just too bad).

So they raise gas prices to a point where no one can afford to drive - result, long trips are out of the question. Businesses - gas stations, restaurants and tourists spots - along these highways go out of business, but so what?

In the same way, you're not allowed to smoke anymore - it's been socially engineered out of our lives - you can't even smoke outdoors anymore.

Friedman: Keep Gas Prices High
RUSH: Thomas L. Friedman: Gasoline is four bucks a gallon. We need to talk about this, folks, because it's inching up there. You seen any news about it? Well, two little stories, Thomas L. Friedman on Slay the Nation yesterday with Bob Schieffer talking about the White House chief of staff Bill Daley. "One of the options now: Consider using oil from the strategic reserve in order to bring down the price of gasoline. Does that make sense to you, Mr. Friedman?"

FRIEDMAN: That would rank in my top five worst ideas of 2011 so far. I think that there's one thing we should finally be doing is using this opportunity to have a credible energy policy that begins to reduce our addiction to oil. Gasoline's almost $4 a gallon. We know that's a red line where people really start to change their behavior. At a minimum, I'd be talking about a tax that basically says, "We're gonna keep it at $4 a gallon."

RUSH: He wants it higher. He wants it four to five dollars a gallon, and it's not that they start changing their behavior, Mr. Friedman. It's that they start voting out incumbents. You had better keep that in mind, too, as you're idolatry of Obama continues.

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