I spent most of July and August in Tucson, Arizona. Not to be confused with Tucson, Anywhere else. Before I left, I bought some gas in Boise at 2.89 a gallon.
After getting off the plane in Tucson, I rented a Dodge Avenger. As I left the airport area, I saw a gas station sign that advertised gas at 2.45 a gallon. Over the course of the last month, oil prices lost 7%. I know this because I am a watcher of all things news.
Upon arrival back home in Boise, I noticed gas prices had not budged one bit even though the price of oil suggested it should be around 2.70. But alas, there it was at Flying J, still priced at 2.89. Yesterday they raised it to 2.93. I checked Tucson this a.m.
http://www.internetautoguide.com/gas-prices/87-int/arizona/tucson/index.html
I have noticed this phenomenon for the past 35 years. Apparently Idaho is exceedingly difficult to get to. One of those stand alone states, like Alaska or Hawaii. And every few years, just before elections the Attorney General will talk some smack about an investigation into the price fixing thing which always ends in some gobbledegook about how suppliers are forced to gouge us for some unknown reason that the Attorney General can't even explain. Because he is busy with important things.
In Arizona they charge nearly 8 bucks for a pack of smokes. I see a free enterprise opportunity here. We can haul smokes down to Arizona and bring bootlegged gas back home. What's not to like? The truth is, as states begin to tax the hell out of everything trying to find new resources to tap- these opportunities are going to become more frequent. Perhaps a complete bootlegging renaissance will occur.
Just like the good old days. When we actually had a free market system minus all the laws that prevent one.
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