More bullshit from the lying BS pontificator.Not always. Corporations often have inflated prices to a point their economists have figured will make them the most profit, so in that case, an increase in 'cost of production' does not automatically result in a 1 for 1 cost increase, sometime no increase, just a little less profit for the corporation.
See above for the factual answer already given on the price of gasoline.
Factors affecting gasoline prices - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
The major factors that affect gasoline prices and the components of retail gasoline pump prices.
Ignoramus thinks that companies just palm their heads and pay taxes without passing those costs to the consumers of their goods and services. 
