some companies deserve this. An example, Vonage they desearve to be taken down this way. Its as if you have little else left such as a patient war chest to put all things right. Vonage is a horrible, evil company. I experienced this personally. They adopt the same practices of other evil empires and make it nearly impossible for you to get 'excellent customer service'.
After my problems with Vonage I did some research and found countless complaints against Vonage and there deplorable behavior in there treatment of customers. Doing a simple Google or Yahoo search for complaints against Vonage and the tactics they use you find the number is overwhelming. I even found out that Vonage's membership in the BBB was revoked, because of there practices, and now along with Texas, California and other states class action lawsuits are being brought against Vonage.
In the case of Vonage it seems this is the only way to get some justice. Even if using patient war chest is not a good idea. It is made necessary, because of all the underhanded, sympathetic judges, mostly Republican, backward dealing, that goes on with these billion dollar empires to circumvent the law and take away the consumers rights.
The oil industry has been allowed to flees America, because it has its hand in the pockets of our representatives(especially if you're a republican). They spend millions on lobbyist to make certain they maintain a control of what laws and regulations are passed. It seems it is more of the old idea that what was good for GM was good for America. Obviously that all depends on who you are and your point of view.
Of course it is good for GM, the oil industry, and stock holders if you gain to earn billions, but bad very bad in the long run for the environment, eventually you as a consumer, and your children.
Why are gas prices out of control? Greed. It all comes down to greed. Many of the reasons have been posted here. We ask why has congress taken so long to move on requiring auto makers to make better fuel efficient cars? The technology has been around for decades. We are now hearing the drum up of ethanol fuels. Ethanol is not the only fuel that can be used to power a vehicle. The higher prices of gasoline actually will come back to bight the industry particularly in there profits. Fewer people will spend money for gasoline. This also has an effect on the other industries. Fewer people make that trip to the mall or grocery store. It becomes more expensive for companies to ship merchandise because of the gas prices, thus people will simple pass on buying that item. This cuts into the other industries profits. There was a balance between these entities in which the oil industry had to keep it reasonable or risk causing loss in other industries. Ironically by people purchasing less gas means the oil industry will have a surplus of the stuff and won't be able to off load it fast enough there profit margin will begin to shrink as well.
Another, probably most important result of this is America's security. America has become increasingly dependant on foreign oil. This compromises our nations security. We are at the mercy of foreign interest. That is not good for America. All this is done for the almighty buck.
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some companies deserve this. An example, Vonage they desearve to be taken down this way. Its as if you have little else left such as a patient war chest to put all things right. Vonage is a horrible, evil company. I experienced this personally. They adopt the same practices of other evil empires and make it nearly impossible for you to get 'excellent customer service'.
After my problems with Vonage I did some research and found countless complaints against Vonage and there deplorable behavior in there treatment of customers. Doing a simple Google or Yahoo search for complaints against Vonage and the tactics they use you find the number is overwhelming. I even found out that Vonage's membership in the BBB was revoked, because of there practices, and now along with Texas, California and other states class action lawsuits are being brought against Vonage.
In the case of Vonage it seems this is the only way to get some justice. Even if using patient war chest is not a good idea. It is made necessary, because of all the underhanded, sympathetic judges, mostly Republican, backward dealing, that goes on with these billion dollar empires to circumvent the law and take away the consumers rights.
"Evil does as evil gets"
Hum...
Sounds like the idea of slowly boiling a frog in a pot of water.
The oil industry has been allowed to flees America, because it has its hand in the pockets of our representatives(especially if you're a republican). They spend millions on lobbyist to make certain they maintain a control of what laws and regulations are passed. It seems it is more of the old idea that what was good for GM was good for America. Obviously that all depends on who you are and your point of view.
Of course it is good for GM, the oil industry, and stock holders if you gain to earn billions, but bad very bad in the long run for the environment, eventually you as a consumer, and your children.
Why are gas prices out of control? Greed. It all comes down to greed. Many of the reasons have been posted here. We ask why has congress taken so long to move on requiring auto makers to make better fuel efficient cars? The technology has been around for decades. We are now hearing the drum up of ethanol fuels. Ethanol is not the only fuel that can be used to power a vehicle. The higher prices of gasoline actually will come back to bight the industry particularly in there profits. Fewer people will spend money for gasoline. This also has an effect on the other industries. Fewer people make that trip to the mall or grocery store. It becomes more expensive for companies to ship merchandise because of the gas prices, thus people will simple pass on buying that item. This cuts into the other industries profits. There was a balance between these entities in which the oil industry had to keep it reasonable or risk causing loss in other industries. Ironically by people purchasing less gas means the oil industry will have a surplus of the stuff and won't be able to off load it fast enough there profit margin will begin to shrink as well.
Another, probably most important result of this is America's security. America has become increasingly dependant on foreign oil. This compromises our nations security. We are at the mercy of foreign interest. That is not good for America. All this is done for the almighty buck.