I believe I did provide my proof. I guess you didn't read very far.
The President's energy secretary from 2008: "Somehow, we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe."
Now, it is true that he later recanted that statement when the spotlight got a bit too hot. But that's not the point. Character is what you do when you don't think people are watching you, not what you do when a call comes in from the Oval Office expressing their concern.
And if you'd actually read my post above, you'd have noticed that I said "...if the goal is to get people to use less of it, then this is the correct policy". But it doesn't look like you got that far.
My problem isn't with $8 gas. It's with the dishonesty of our leaders who feel they need to lie to achieve their objective. If you wish to defend that, then go right ahead.
