Raiden:
This will take a bit of explaining, because it is economic theory. I am not saying I am benefitting directly from high oil prices, but that there are likely to be indirect benefits that will be much more significant and positive for the US and our tax base and our economy, than the negative effect of a dollar a gallon at the tank.
Basically, the high oil prices, which I agree suck, are not caused in the short term so much by the oil companies restricting supply or making strategic decisions to keep the resource scarce, but by two or three market factors: the relative value of your currency (in our case the dollar) in relation to the world's currencies; the demand and supply of oil; and the availability of refineries to process crude into finished products. Right now, the dollar is being kept artificially weak. That is the main reason you have seen a rise in the cost of a gallon of gasoline. The supply has remained the same, and as manufacturing has not gotten that much more robust (in fact China is seeing a downswing) there is not a lot more demand at the moment. So I think we can attribute the high prices to the weak dollar.
That is a good thing. A weak dollar means American goods will be cheaper overseas, which will drive demand for American goods, which will boost American manufacturing, which means more US jobs, a stronger US middle class, and more federal and state tax revenues to support our infrastructure, so generally you will see overall better economic conditions in the US when the dollar is weak.
Also expensive petroleum means products that are more efficient or use less petroleum will be able to compete better, spreading the money throughout the economy. More fuel efficient vehicles will be purchased, more glass, cardboard and aluminum packaging (instead of the ever more pervasive plastic) packaging will be used, etc. This is good for the economy because it spreads the wealth around.
At the same time the dollar is weakening, we are (somewhat contrary to historic trends) experiencing very little inflation, which means Americans have enough money to live on without increasing their wages. Low inflation also means it is cheap to borrow money. So the little guy who buys a house or starts a business, is not paying as much for those start ups.
So although the weak dollar may increase our cost of purchasing a gallon of gasoline, it is contributing in many other ways to strengthening the US economy.
If I were you I would be more angry at the oil companies' working behind the scenes against the new VW car that gets 300 miles per gallon, that is banned in the US apparently because big oil does not want to face lowering demand if Americans purchased fuel efficient vehicles en masse.
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/concept-cars/vw-reveals-new-300mpg-coupe