Let me paint a scenario. You are driving down the street and your car is almost on empty. You can shop around for gas. Luckily, you come to a corner where there are two stations. One is charging 20 cents a gallon more than the other.

What do you do? Do you buy the cheaper gas or do you chose the more expensive gas and wonder why the government allows you to be so stupid? Such stupidity can be found here in Pennsylvania (LINK)

“It’s awful that the government is allowing this to happen and that one station can charge you 20 cents more a gallon right across the street,” she said.

We really need to start teaching introductory economics and free market basics in high school.

The article is about the locally high priced gasoline. The woman with the need for government involvement lives about 30-45 minutes away from the town in question. She could save 40 cents a gallon if she bought gas before she left. However, her need for the government to protect her from herself is what she wants.

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