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Americans have resigned themselves to an inexorable fate. With a sigh and a shrug, they pull the gas pump off its handle, swipe their credit card, and cringe as the price meter climbs so fast that the dollar digit seems stuck at eight. Frustrated at their bills, they might rant to their friends, or perhaps even call their congressman...
...customers in the form of surcharges. FedEx just raised its fuel surcharge on air deliveries from 12% to 13.5%. Even local pizza parlors, which have been adding a dollar or two to the bill, will reach the push-back point if the upward trend continues. "The pain at the pump this summer is going to be on truckers, taxi drivers, limo drivers, airlines, shipping companies. The question is, Do they pass it on?" says Joe Stanislaw, an independent energy adviser for clients of Deloitte & Touche...
...Mobil while blasting politicians and consumers. "We're a bunch of crybabies. They pay the equivalent of $6 a gallon for gas in Germany," he says. But with elections looming and consumers fuming, the Republicans can't ignore what every TV news show is headlining the Pain at the Pump. The cost of gas may be high now, but for the Republicans by November, it could be a lot higher...
...interest groups to pay for meals and flights on corporate jets. She's also linking two hot-button issues to corruption: gas prices and prescription drugs. ?People know that Republicans are in charge in Washington and the culture of corruption is costing them whether it?s at the gas pump or in the prescription drug bill,? Daly says...
...last year, she saw few work prospects other than helping her family grow rice, an occupation that earns them about $400 a year. Nhan thought of moving south like her uncle, who last year returned from his job at a pepper plantation bearing a gift of a new water pump and tales of the riches to be had in the prosperous south. "I dreamed of also having money and buying things for my family," Nhan said. "But I didn't want to leave the north...