Oil

Oil gets a neckpunch because he's a liar and a thief.

Demand goes up, prices go up. Demand goes down, prices go up. They just discovered Unlimited Oil on the moon, price goes up. There is no law of supply and demand in effect here - no law at ALL, really. It's a "Fuck the Little Guy Free-For-All" and we all LOSE. The only thing affecting Prices at the Pump is some mathematical threshold that Oil Companies continue to push - the formula of "Ass Raping vs. Economic Viability". The Stick their cocks in as deep as they can before the Consumer starts to feel a bit of tightening and some pain - "Ow! Too much, Oil! Too much!" But now we've been primed, they can pump us a little deeper. Deeper each time until we'll bleed. Bam! There's Gold in this here bumhole! Black Gold!

-M