FOG BLOG RIDICULOG: ARE COMPANIES USING COVID AS A CRUTCH TO GOUGE CONSUMERS!??

TODAY I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO FAINT! AT A LOCAL GAS STATION ON THE WEST SIDE OF SAINT JOHN THE PRICE OF GAS WAS AT $ 1.44/ l AND DIESEL WAS SELLING AT $ 1.51/l ! THIS IN MY BOOK IS GOUGING, WE ARE TWICE THE AMOUNT AMERICANS ARE PAYING! YES , BEFORE YOU TELL ME THAT THE GAS TAXES ARE EXTREME AND ARE MAYBE 1/3 THE PRICE OF GAS, YES INDEED ! THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD STEP IN AND DO SOMETHING. ITS LIKE NOTHING IS GOING ON OUT THERE, NO REACTION , NOT MUCH ON THE NEWS, BUT ONE MOTORIST TOLD ME, SHE TOOK $ 141.00 TO FILL HER SUV! WHAT???? WHO HAS THAT KIND OF MONEY FOR GAS ALL THE TIME! SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE! I KNOW THAT WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC AND THINGS COST MORE BUT WE ARE ALL PAYING ENOUGH AND EVERYONE IS STRAINED AND EXTENDED TO THE LIMIT AND HAVING A HARD TIME MAKING ENDS MEET! I KNOW ITS 2021 BUT I THINK WE SHOULD BE PAYING NO MORE THAN $1.20/L FOR GAS AT THIS POINT. MAYBE WITH THE TRAVEL SEASON WINDING DOWN, SO WILL THE PRICE OF GAS SETTLE.....WE CAN ONLY HOPE!