Gas...Gas...????....

$3.80 for gas in Eau Claire. $5.19 for diesel. Still over $120 to fill my tank!

Look at where the fuel distribution terminals are in Wisc.
The one near Waupun on Hwy 26 handles almost 1/3rd  of the areas needs. Perhaps that is why FDL and Waupun have cheaper fuel prices. Cheaper transportation costs for wholesalers. 
The big terminal in Milwaukee on N107th St should have the Milw prices cheaper than any where but they aren’t. Games the fuel companies play.!

​And then Menomonie is usually ​ ​$0.30 more than Eau Claire. Makes no sense! 

Eau Claire is $0.10 different from one side of town to the other almost always.  I think it’s because of Costco and Woodmans having lower prices.  

Why is Kwik Trip in Fond du lac $3.69 and Kwik Trip in Oshkosh is $ 3.99 ?   
15 miles apart and 30 cents gallon difference.  

Still well above $4 in the northwoods.  

$3.77 in Reedsburg today

Gas today in SE Wisconsin is $4.09/gallon

In AR were sporting around 3.99 for 87 in local town. Next town over ​3.75

I seen $3.79 in West Allis yesterday.

3.90 at Harshaw

4.25 in minocqua

Junkie, I agree there are examples of socialism all around us, some folks want to deny that socialism exists in this country.  I think the govt could have more say on oil produced on federal lands they (oil companies) are paying us around a 15% royalty on the value of the oil.  The govt could use the royalty payment as a bartering chip, lower the royalty payment if the oil stays in the country.  I know if I had oil on my property I would want be paid the fair market value for it and not the market value created by govt tariffs.

Not necessarily, but I do understand your point. Theres's a lot of middle ground between socialism and capitalism, I think you need a little of each to thrive as a country as big as ours. And while America was built on the concept of capitalism, I don't believe our fore-fathers envisioned it getting to the point that has become. I remember learning about checks and balances to avoid monopolies on markets back in high school, do those even exist anymore? 

Junkie, the system that we created that awards profits is Capitalism.  What you're describing, where the government basically takes control of a resource or manufacturing sector for the good of the country, is one of the pillars of Socialism.

Shouldn't really matter what the companies want. Should be about what's best for the country and if they still want to export, they should be taxed 100%+ on it. We've created a system that rewards exports and profit rather than self sufficiency. People (especially companies) hate change, but it's what we need. Wish POTUS' tariff goal went better than it had, he was really onto something there.