FEBRUARY
5, 2006 --
LPR
was in Torrington, CT, January 31 and was interested to see
that the Mobil station on Winsted Road had regular at $2.44.9
-- considerably lower than prices LPR spotted in The Bronx,
the day before, at an Amoco Station and an Exxon Station.
In Torrington, LPR noticed that other Mobil stations charged $2.46.9 for regular.
Driving past the Winsted Road Mobil, a few hours later, LPR saw that regular
at this gas station, too, was $2.46.9.
President Bush pointed out, in the State of the Union address, "[O]ur
economy grows when Americans have more of their own money to spend, save and
invest."
Is there any reason this observation doesn't apply to the private sector as
well as to government?
For example, wouldn't "compassionate" credit card interest rates
let Americans have "more of their own money to spend, save and invest"?
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This
Exxon station on West 230th Street generally sets prices
higher than other Exxon stations. Coincidentally, this
photo was taken the day Exxon reported record income
last year -- more than $10
billion in the fourth quarter and more than $36 billion for the year.
(Photo taken January 30, 2006)
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Bronx
Amoco gas prices on January 30.
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