Dear Donald Trump
 

Please keep fuel prices low for us. Thank you.

While I would agree that it's good for the consumer, if oil prices go up, you will see a more active economy. For our business, higher oil prices equals more opportunities and activities, it's a double edged sword.

Also, if oil prices go up, you will see more people working, and better paying jobs. Soooo, while it's nice for boating and your expenses, the overall benefit is better if prices increase.

true, but oil prices and fuel prices have not followed one another for a while. the added cost of regulation has kept gas prices up while oil prices have gone down.

I agree. I live in Oklahoma where oil drives our economy. I feel that $3.00 per gallon gas (regular unleaded) would be a good compromise for a thriving economy without killing the consumer. We need to get rid of the ethanol mix gas and it's government subsidies.

I'd be okay with paying a little more if we could revisit /rewrite the EPA language to allow for more ethanol free!!!! and put the fear of E15 to rest!!

The truth is that—and this is a completely apolitical statement—although presidents like to take credit and deflect blame for gasoline prices, they really have very little—if any—control over them.

I see both sides of it. I have to run premium in my car so (go figure) I appreciate lower fuel prices. But when oil prices are low, high-end wines sales go down and my girlfriend runs a boutique winery.

Yes, I know, these are first-world problems. :)

wine stains and boat interiors dont go together so maybe the wine sales go down because they are out enjoying their boat and wine sales go up when they cant afford the fuel and want to get drunk while they look at the boat on the trailer.

Like many other have said, It nice filling the boat up at 2 dollars a gallon, but at work we are feeling the pain. The fact is most be that buy our products(Polaris) are the ones with more of a disposable income and those income are the ones that flucate with the income and are tied to the oil and gas industry along with Ag. I would much rather pay 3 dollar a gallon and still have my job then 2 and not!!

I want the fear of law to be put back in Washington. We all know they were on the take forever but now the cockroaches are basking in the sunlight. Time to chase them back into the cracks where they belong.

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I want to thank all the people who got Trump elected. We all know Kellyanne, the Trump kids, Rudy, Newt, Rance, etc, etc worked really hard but ….. The real thanks goes out to the grass roots people that took it upon themselves to make this happen. For the most part we were not organized or part of some big group (churches, unions, collages, etc) just everyday people doing whatever they could to make it happen. The hours online fighting back the tidal wave of lies and BS from the left and the media. People driving people to the poles, knocking on doors, putting Trump signs out over and over as the Libs kept stealing or destroying them. Just putting a Trump sign out in the first place in a deep blue state like I live in. Not to mention the millions and millions of dollars that were donated to the campaign most under 50 bucks at a time.
We did this people and we all deserve a pat on the back for a job well done.
PS, The Libs are hurt but they are not dead. We can party today but tomorrow the war begins again (the left wing media is already at it today).

Lower fuel prices help my local economy - tourism.

When gas prices where sky high some years back, we took it up the azz.

Less people came and spent $$$. Locals had less $$$. No one could afford to support each other in the off months, Boom !

As prices went down, more and more people came.

To be energy independent we need oil over 55 a barrel. That makes fracking worth while. We really need to start converting a lot of stuff to Nat gas. We always have that stuff coming out our ears. For decades they just burned it off at the well.
Either way we do not need 5 dollar a gallon gas like Obama kept it the first years of the rescission but at the same time 50 cent gas when the economy is booming is not good either but there is a happy medium. But nothing will happen to fuel prices until the rest of the world (Ven, Russia, opec) stops trying to pump and sell everything they can as fast as they can trying to strangle out others and prop up their own economy's.

low gas prices are great except for the fact that my company is a major supplier to the offshore drilling industry. With the surplus, our business is extremely slow. That equates to rolling layoffs for hourly employees and very little investment money for us engineers to work with. I'd rather pay more for my gas and have a secure and prosperous career.

Dear Mr Trump,
Please have Melania stand next to Putin. He is like 5'7" and Melania is 5'11" without shoes. When Reagan and Gorbachev met Reagan getting out of the car, tall, hansom and with just a suit jacket on during a very cold day while Gorbi all bundled up looking frumpy sent shockwaves through the Soviet Union and was the real beginning of the end of them.
If Melania bends down to give him a hug its over and you have won. The papers over there will play it like mommy gave baby a hug, Little Russian man etc, etc

Thanks
Supporter

When gas is up, some another industry suffers. 99% of "other" families struggle. Farmers, etc. Energy folks (oil) only make up about 1% of workforce. It's always a compromise.
2004 a barrel averaged around $38 bucks. (today adj. $47.98) Money was being made, lives were good in the industry.
I have many friends out of work, lost businesses over this recent downturn, but I see it as a market correction. Doesn't put food on their plate though.

Upside: There aren't any more dead dinosaurs, so don't worry, it'll come back!

Obama putting a ban on offshore drilling probably didn't help your company either.

Ok, here's my weird theory. Put your aluminum foil hat on!!!
I think the powers that be.....Illuminati, Knights Templar, Steven Spielberg, decided awhile back that we would just burn up all the oil in the Middle East and elsewhere and SAVE our reserves, which included offshore drilling. As more countries ran out of oil, they would have to buy from US, or turn to alternative sources of power which are neither cheap or reliable. (fight a war in Siberia, Solar power probably not good) In the end, we have all or most of the remaining oil for our war machines, and Emperor Augustus Trump the VI rules the world!!!

Too funny, while back I was saying the same.

I' didn't know they said this, and I was saying this when gas went over $4 gallon. Literally I would say, I hope to god we use up there supplies first, along with other countries precious metals and etc. Then, we can close our borders and live off ours. Sounded great, however, issue at that point would be the whole world would be fighting for the death to get our stuff....so.....there needs to be a happy medium somewhere....while remembering whomever runs out first or etc, is screwed big time.

I agree on the fuel price thing, I voted for you, can Melania go out on the boat with me.

Maybe for you if your economy is basin off oil. Look around the country, it's doing a lot better with low oil prices. I see a lot better economy here in Michigan with these low prices. People are speeding money on other things than gas to get back and forth to work and fuel to heat there homes. There spending more money because of false scene of stability in the fuel cost. What ever buddy???? Every freeking time I have seen high fuel cost, economy takes a crap.

Ahh, a free market is a free market, are you suggesting the government should set oil prices? The first thing he should do is get rid of ethanol subsidies, if it's so great then it can stand on it's own.

i'd go w/ 1 dollar per gallon for every 100 dollars a barrel of oil.

when bush was president oil was 190 a barrel and gas was 1.90 a gallon.

during obummer oil was as low as 40 dollars a barrel and gas was 3something a gallon

in my view since obummer it averaged around 5 so is the buck worth 5 times less or is taxed 5 x more to make up for less sales

today oil went up to 46 a barrel. sooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EPA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!:poopoo:

Fuel Prices dictate disposable incomes , If 4$ gas and you use 40 gallon a week going to work 160. If its 2$ gas , 80$ . What do you do with the extra 80$ ? Beer , Dinner , Movies , Boat Gas , with and extra 320 a month you can buy a Car or Motorcycle . So the oil prices being up helps the economy is Bull.

and while hopefully we can get rid of ethanol, i think the house and senate has made enough money off the cadilac convertors scam.
they need to go away as well.

Michigan, Really about anything sane about your depleted economy??? Try natural gas as a heating fuel, not fuel oil. We ( US ) has more N.G. than Jimmy Carter could even imagine... If you are too young or have had your head in the sand ( Mid East sand, maybe) you will get it!! Just and Okie boy say'in! Also I am on my way to Mexico tomorrow to recruit volunteers to build the wall. Then on their way to citizenship.

Most of Michigan is natural gas or propane in rural areas.
How is Trump going tomake good on his promise to coal miners ?

Dig, baby, dig!

I remember when.... just a while ago....[ATTACH=CONFIG]561378[/ATTACH]

I am proud to a deplorable. This should be a great thing for our sport and lifestyle. But after all what do I know, based on what the media says I am a uneducated, low income white trash voter. Lol. Oh well. I love America and the rights we have, and the opportunities given to us and all things involving women and boats lol.

No More Whitehouse For You !!

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PS,
Mr Trump, there has to be an important place for Kathleen Troia "KT" McFarland in your admin.

Buh Bye!!!

With all the ethanol subsidies, and the EPA up everyone's butt with special blends (16 I think) the added cost to a gallon of gas is about 36 to 42 cents. If we could just get them out of our fuel then we would have better gas at a cheaper cost, I have been told that food prices would go down also. NO E10 or E15, it uses more fuel for less power it also kills fuel systems over time.

As we used to say In my youth..... Right On!

Padraig

Subsidies in general should be removed across the board, I know many sectors enjoy from these subsidy programs, There are even some on this board that receive subsidies in their fields. Fuel prices were typically regulated by supply and demand. Now fuel prices are in large part pure Tax and are manipulated by the stock market speculation and EPA regulations. This country is suppose to be a free market. Thus like any business or like Darwin stated. "Survival of the fittest". If a business or industry does not work produce or is just not viable then it must evolve or die. We all have to deal with adversities in our daily lives and evolve around these obstacles. For a long time we comment on todays society being cuddled. Politicians on both sides have been cuddling all industries and society with subsidies. Subsidies come out of all of our pockets. Many lobby the government for handouts. This country grew out of hard work and determination. Stop all subsidies, Use these funds for the national debt. Oh and the wall. :)

Agree mostly, but I think there is a legitimate place for SHORT-TERM subsidies, like in a fledgling industry, to help it get started. Nothing like today, where many many years of subsidies continue on, almost as an entitlement.

Respectfully, I disagree on the short-term subsidies (from tax dollars). As a taxpayer, you are then a forcible share-purchaser but with no chance at financial returns on your forced investment. There IS a place for short-term subsidies--that's what the venture capital market is for. People who CHOOSE to back new and risky ventures front operating money, with both risk and potential of return. All of that should be 100% private, freely chosen by willing investors. Anything else is another form of Solyndra.

There's another crime in any form of subsidies. Suppose you have a business and then something comes along to compete with you, and the government uses tax dollars to subsidize that. That's absolutely horrible. You are forcibly paying taxes that are being used to fund your competition. It's criminal.

TRULY free markets are the only moral approach.

:poopoo::party-smiley-004::daz:

How do you feel about tax breaks (what the oil companies really get)?

Also on a side note, Boss says employees who agree with Trump's rhetoric should resign IMHO Grub Hub just opened themselves up for a bunch of lawsuits.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/10...to-resign.html