Mr. Trisler — when I wrote my recent letter to the editor, I expected a reply from someone in the oil business. Are you in the oil business? Yes, Mr. Trisler, they do collect taxes on gasoline and do not make the gasoline. They also collect taxes on TV and refrigerators, but do not manufacture them. They also collect taxes on your property, but don’t mow your lawn. Taxes are not what makes the price of gasoline change every hour on the hour.

Yes. Congress has passed laws to restrict drilling in the U.S. If you check the Congressional Record, I think you may find those laws were put there by Congressmen who were and are in the oil business. They knew they could obtain oil from Saudi Arabia and other countries, cheaper than they could drill for it in America, and still charge high prices for it here.

Also, it was the American oil companies that built oil fields for Saudi Arabia, resulting in the present situation. It’s just like the rest of the companies that have shipped jobs overseas. They get their product made at a slave labor price but charge much more when they sell them here. Unfortunately, so many jobs have been sent overseas that there is no one left here with a job and the ability to buy their products.

It all boils down to greed (like those million dollar bonuses) while those who “got the shaft” must stand in unemployment lines.

Some day God will step in and it will catch up with all those greedy people — and it will be payback time.

Edward Harrison

Lapel