Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 01, 1990
Transcript:
Jim Andrews: $33 a barrel and rising! And with no increase in our fixed costs! Universal Petroleum is back! 'Course, we've got a little P.R. problem. There's a lot of public resentment over the daily hikes at he gas pumps...we think the answer is an appeal to people's patriotism - to make them feel good about being gouged! You have any qualms about this kind of approach? Mike: No...no. I used to, but that was long ago... Jim Andrews: Good. I like you, kid.