US Subsidizing Iraq Gas- Iraqs' pay .08 cents a gallon!

[second edition]

The Pittsburgh Post Gazette ran an editorial 8-18-05 titled, Bizarre war/The Tragedy of Iraq Never Ceases to Suprise. In it, it mentions how the US has been helping the Iraqs' purchase gas. The whole editorial is GOOD. Read it all at www.post-gazette.com Click Editorials.

"Now brace yourself for another item. Gasoline costs a lot less in Baghdad than it does in the United States. The current average U.S. price per gallon is around $2.52; in Baghdad it's 8 cents a gallon. This astonishing price is not a result of Iraq's producing oil; it's because the United States subsidizes the price of gas in Iraq, most of which is imported. Now, why might the United States do that?"

[whistle]

1. What? Iraqi's only pay $0.08 per gallon of gasoline, so how ....

....much does the U.S. military pay for the same fuel? Sounds like black market practices in reverse!

[ladjf]

2. In Venezuela it's 12 cents per gallon.

[Horse with no Name]

3. Sounds to me like they are laundering money

:shrug:

[PurityOfEssence]

4. Boy, we're just giving them a free ride, aren't we?

And everybody says we're so mean.

Yes, one must admire the consistency of the incompetence of the neocons: we're importing gas into a country with the second largest oil reserves on earth and selling it at a loss. It fits perfectly with their economic acumen.

I'd like to encounter someone who thinks we're pampering the Iraqis and giving them undue benefits...

[Ms. Clio]

5. But that's only if they are able to find someplace that sells it

and wait in line for hours and in 120 degree heat.