Why do gas prices rise with the price of oil when the gas is already paid for and the oil is still crude?

if the station pays 2.00 a gallon and is selling it for 3.50 a gallon at 7 am and the price of unrefined crude goes up the gas at the station is the same 2.00 gas but the price jumps to 4.00 a gal. why is this not considered price gouging by whoever raises the price and why did this not seem to take effect until the current administration was in the white house. If price gouging is illegal then why is this not illegal and nobody has been prosecuted for it.if this is not illegal then why is insider stock trading. it seems to be abot the same ting to me.Why do gas prices rise with the price of oil when the gas is already paid for and the oil is still crude?
Need to contact your Governor. In Illinois it's a law that any gas that is still in the tank, must be sold at what ever cost it was, and only can be raise when they get new fuel fill up.Why do gas prices rise with the price of oil when the gas is already paid for and the oil is still crude?
none of the answers address my question. fact is at 10 billion $ aquarter profit at $4 a gallon $2 a gallon gas would net u 20 billion a year. this is greed and war profiteering in its most flagrant form since germany in ww2 . Report Abuse

Because they're screwing us.. Gas will never go below $4 a gallon again. NEVER!! You can ask a million questions about gas prices but you're not going to change a thing. High prices for gas are here to stay.
Because they are unamerican and want their $$ regardless of the effect on the economy..