The End to Artificially High Gas Prices

LILBURN, Ga. - Aug. 21, 2013 - PRLog -- Gas at $1.25 Per Gallon:  How We Get There in Six Weeks, written by Bob Rice is now available on Amazon.com.

This newly released book is currently one of over a million, mostly obscure books, sitting on the Amazon digital bookshelves.  However, as the title suggests, if the book receives a little publicity and its contents are subsequently deemed to be “worthy”, then the book’s positive economic impact on Americans and perhaps millions of others throughout the world is simply incalculable.   Almost certainly, no other recent or current book in this genre is potentially as controversial as this offering by first time author, Bob Rice.   

 First, the author notes that most Federal politicians, both Republicans and Democrats, would claim that there is absolutely nothing they can do “in the short run” to significantly bring down the current price of gasoline.  Bob Rice claims that such assertions are simply not true.  In fact, one of the more compelling aspects of the book is its description of why and how most federal politicians in Washington are actually promoting (not discouraging) high gasoline prices nationwide. 

The author argues, in a simple and commonsense manner, that free market principles of supply and demand no longer determine the price of crude oil or the price of gasoline.  Thus, today most readers will pay four to five times more for gas than they paid, for example, during January of 1999 (when free market principles did determine the price of gas).  Further, the author argues that such artificially high and unstable gas prices are here to stay, UNLESS Americans can unite behind a unique yet straightforward almost obvious plan to dramatically and quickly bring down gasoline prices.

The book has a dual focus.  The first is a plan to help quickly bring down gas prices.  The second is to help improve the economic lot of virtually all Americans, but in particular that of middle class Americans and small business owners.  The author uses the experience gained, while owning and operating (with his wife) multiple retail stores for 32 years, to help explain and justify the need for a “new focus” by the Federal government in helping to implement a true economic recovery….one that actually includes the middle class. 

  Instead, during the past five years, the Federal government seems more interested in economically stimulating those on “Wall Street” rather than promoting increases in disposable income for middle class folks back on “Main Street”.  For example, currently the Federal government, using the Federal Reserve, is pumping the equivalent of one million dollars into the financial services sector, 85,000 times each month…think about that for a second.   Eighty five billion dollars of monthly Q.E. stimulation obviously provides “immediate” economic benefits for investment bankers and their “active” clients.  Other Americans, however, are told in effect to wait (and wait and wait) for “potential” economic benefits somewhere down the road.  The author calls for a more “even handed” approach by the Federal government in “stimulating” various business sectors in the days ahead. 

At the very least, this book provides the reader with a uniquely different way of viewing America’s political and economic landscape.  This different vantage point may allow readers to correctly answer these questions.  “Why do things seem economically worse today than they did five, or maybe ten years ago”…and more importantly, “what can be done about it?”

This book is relatively short, only 150 pages in length, and lists for $2.99.  As with virtually all Amazon digital books, the Amazon Kindle detail page offers potential readers a short description of the entire book, the chance to read several chapters for free and a section for reviews of the book.  The author is, of course, available for personal or telephone interviews.  For more information, contact Paulette Rice, 678 557-4895 or email her at ricepaulette@aol.com.