# Stupid question on gas prices **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 14, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stupid-question-on-gas-prices/197454 "2008-05-14T21:20:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 45
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stupid-question-on-gas-prices/197454/45 "2008-05-21T14:50:24Z")
> [@Horribly Designed Websites](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/horribly-designed-websites/36472/3): > > Good point with the %, but even if they do make too much, we should not outlaw high profits. > > What we need is to drill in Alaska, but that’s beside the point. What cost do NFL players have to make their salary? We should limit that profit. > -If you live closer to work and drive less, you should get paid less than people who live further away and use more gas. > -If you have more than 1 car you should pay a luxury tax, because, seriously, who needs more than 1 car per person? > -If you buy an Italian suit, you should pay luxury tax. > -If you sell your house for a profit, the price you sell should be fixed by the government so instead of profiting $11k you can only profit say…half that. > > Where would the absurdity stop? I understand that gas is a commodity, but the problem isn’t the profits of the gas companies. If you want to crunch their balls it could drive us into a shortage. > > Just because we were all born into the wrong family businesses doesn’t mean we should pass legislation to restrict those that were from earning profits. … --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stupid-question-on-gas-prices/197454)._