That’s right, the California government is trying to determine why gas is so expensive. They are investigating oil companies to see if they can finger the culprit! Gas prices in California remain the highest in the nation, and state lawmakers want to know why? Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood, announced the formation of a non-partisan committee (ha who is the token “republican” or “independent”?) to investigate rising gas prices in California, to be chaired by Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin, D-Thousand Oaks. The committee’s first hearing is expected to happen by the end of the month.
In case you didn’t know, California democrat state assembly members are THAT STUPID!
CBS News Reported:
That means that a new villain has to be found, as long as the finger isn’t being pointed at them. California is scrambling to address the public relations fiasco as quickly as possible this month. Taking a cue from Joe Biden, the state legislature will open an investigation into… the “greedy oil companies.” While it’s almost comical to watch this play out, it’s also almost understandable. Since they can’t take responsibility for the fallout caused by their own policies, they have to find somebody to blame. So why not invoke the specter of “Big Oil” to gin up the locals against anyone but themselves? (CBS News)
The simple fact that these democrat state assembly members have NO CLUE that their actions are partly what is driving the problem. The people who are scheduled to conduct this “investigation” are the same people that made California the state with literally the highest rate of gasoline taxes in the nation.
As stated in the HotAir article:
A number of different factors influence gas prices, with the cost of oil being only one of them. Oil prices are determined by a complex formula of supply, demand, and what refiners are willing to bid for oil based on projected future demand levels. The distance that the refined fuel has to travel also impacts the cost dramatically, and California has become so unfriendly to any businesses even remotely related to the oil and gas industry that their gas tends to travel a long way before reaching the pump.
I tend to agree that these democrat state assembly members will eventually just pick an easy target to blame in the end, the Oil Companies. Why not? No media source will even refute the lie!
California Sucks