To the editor:

Are we being gouged? You tell me, especially when you see a headline “Profits GUSH for ExxonMobil.” Gas companies put a pinch on people so bad that they cut down on their expenses, using credit cards (they can’t afford) just so they can put gas into their car, so they can get back and forth to work.

Then these small companies have to add a fuel charge on their bill to their customer so they can stay in business, which in turn comes back to the consumer, which in turn affects the consumer again because guess what? No raises. Nearly $10 billion net income in the butter to these no-gouging gas corporations. When does it stop?

Christmas? Not much at my house, how about yours? Well, I guess the gas companies will have a GREAT Christmas, thanks to us.

Vicky Shurtz,

Lawrence