[MayDay72]

"Bustamante [...] called for state regulation of gasoline supplies and prices [...]"

This quote seems to come to mind when I read something like this:

"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand." -Milton Friedman

Also from this story [regarding gasoline regulation]:

"[...] [A]n idea no state has ever tried."

Sure this idea has been tried by 'other states': North Korea, U.S.S.R., Cuba, etc. Does anyone see a pattern?

[ARepublicanForAllReasons]

Sure this idea has been tried by 'other states': North Korea, U.S.S.R., Cuba, etc. Does anyone see a pattern?

Yes. See above.
; > )