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To: hophead
It is capitalism at work. Speculators take risks to provide you with what you want at the price you can afford. The speculators get burned from time to time as well. SPR release, blows away some speculators who bought oil futures on margin at a price not sustained by this added supply. Saudi Arabia says they will provide more supply, another 10% of the speculators are bankrupt.

But if we had central planning rather than the free market, you would wait in line for hours to get gas, and be pissing and moaning about the stupidity of the government planners.

I say rah, rah for the free market!

13 posted on 09/19/2005 9:28:36 PM PDT by GregoryFul
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To: GregoryFul
I say rah, rah for the free market!

Yeah! Rah! "The Free Market!" Everyone bow and genuflect. Well, I can tell you that, if I can, I'll use that same "free market" to ruin you and everyone else if it makes me a quick buck. Profit and greed know no loyalty, to people or a country, only money. And if you worship money and only money, that's what you'll get, only money. If that means ruining everyone and devil take the hindmost, I say, so be it.

Be careful of what you wish for, you might get it (literally).

19 posted on 09/20/2005 6:20:06 AM PDT by Gekko The Great (Money, money, money. The god of all gods...)
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