well stated. Washington is the cause of most major problems. Maybe a true recession is needed to "reset" the idiots in DC. The ruling elite would be happy to screw us as long as they have theirs.
What gets my blood pressure rising is when the politicians get on TV and bemoan the profits of the oil companies.
DUH!!! If the market price is skyrocketing, of COURSE they are going to make record profits. But oil companies don't set the price of oil, it is set by the open market. As I understand it, oil wells are producing as fast as they can.
Businesses cannot just set an arbitrary price and rake in the money. It doesn't work that way. These Washington toads need to go back to their economics books. The ONLY way to lower the price of oil is to flood the market with supply. Washington has prevented new exploration and exploitation of our own oil reserves, causing a supply shortage and a rise in prices... now they want us to trust them to come up with a solution by going after profits???
Sadly, most Americans buy into this political shell game.