New gas prices

I just find it funny that about a month ago, Obama went on TV and started talking about freezing the price of gas and the next day all of the gas prices in my city dropped. And stayed down for almost two weeks. When nothing was said/done further about freezing the prices, they shot up again. I was told that since I came to work today, they hit just a few cents shy of $4/gal here in central IL. And that's AFTER the news reported that the overall price of oil dropped 3%. Usually, if I am getting screwed this much, I insist on dinner and a movie first. Not a sand paper penetration sideways with no lube.