Americans Blame Major Oil Companies for Gas Prices

[struggle4progress]

(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Rising fuel costs are turning many adults in the United States against specific corporations, according to a poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates released by Newsweek. 36 per cent of respondents believe major oil companies are to blame for gasoline prices.
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Polling Data

Thinking about gasoline prices these days, which of the following, if any, do you blame most for the recent rise in gas prices?

Major oil companies 36%
The federal government 22%
Oil producing countries 11%
Other countries like China buying oil 8%
Gas stations 5%
All equally / Combination 8%
None of these to blame / Other 5%
Don’t know 5%

Source: Princeton Survey Research Associates / Newsweek
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,009 American adults, conducted on Sept. 8 and Sept. 9, 2005. Margin of error is 4 per cent.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/8988

[Fovea]

1. But remember...

consumers driving Ford Engorgements are blameless.
The only solution is to cut funding for Amtrak!
:sarcasm:

[Demeter]

2. Gas At Pre-Hurricane Price In Ann Arbor

Saw it this morning--$2.59/gallon.

[struggle4progress]

3. Not here in NC: pre-hurricane I bought below $2.50, now all's above $2.95

[Demeter]

5. WEll, The Local Economy Is Only Slightly Better Than New Orleans

Losing stores, businesses and jobs right and left.

[MichiganVote]

4. They gouge and Congress does???? Oh right, this America,

where Congress does anything and everything for corporations and nothing for its citizens. Big surprise.

The real disaster in America is located in Washington, D.C.

[bullimiami]

6. i guess that goes to show you. americans aint as big of morans as expected

[Township75]

7. I would like to give the Oil CEO's a medal of honor...

for getting the whiney b!tches that answered that poll to pay for their "right" to drive inefficient polluting vehicles everywhere.

Personally, I wish gas were still above $3/gallon. We need that to force people to change their driving ways and what types of vehicles they purchase...and if the oil companies make a huge profite while encouraging those people to change their ways, good for them!