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In reply to the discussion: Rising Gas Prices Have Dented Obama's Rating: Poll [View all]FailureToCommunicate
(14,608 posts)and ward off any whiff of more regulation coming from the White House or Congress
There is mounting evidence that the skyrocketing price of gas and oil has nothing to do with the fundamentals of supply and demand, and has everything to do with Wall Street firms that are artificially jacking up the price of oil in the energy futures markets, Sanders wrote. In other words, the same Wall Street speculators that caused the worst financial crisis since the 1930s through their greed, recklessness, and illegal behavior are ripping off the American people again by gambling that the price of oil and gas will continue to go up.
--Bernie Sanders (from a year ago!)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/29/bernie-sanders-demands-ac_n_855495.html