Article: Oil Company Greed Seen as Major Reason for High Gas Prices; Majority of Americans expect $4 gas prices this summer.(Survey)

Byline: Jeffrey M. Jones

Synopsis: A new Gallup panel survey finds a majority of Americans predicting that gas prices will reach $4 per gallon this summer in their local area. Roughly two in three Americans say they have already been affected financially in some meaningful way by the high gas prices. Poll respondents most commonly cite oil company greed as the reason why gas prices are so high.

PRINCETON, NJ -- The latest Gallup panel survey finds the public bracing for continued rising gas prices this summer. A majority of poll respondents expect gas prices to reach the $4 per gallon level in their local area this summer, though only a small minority ...

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