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10/06/2008 12:03:45
 
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Politics
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Other
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01322665
Message ID:
01322842
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>>>First off lets make the giant leap of faith and suggest that oil could be taken out of the free market.
>>>
>>>Do you expect the oil companies to continue to pour their billions of profits into further research and development of resources?
>>>Do you expect the supply to increase or decrease?
>>>Do you expect demand to increase or decrease?
>>>
>>>Exactly what would you hope to accomplish by taking oil off the market and can you justify attempting that effort, given the historical results when this type of measure has been attempted previously. Price caps do not work, in fact, they make matters much worse.
>>>
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>>Ala Jimmy Carter and the long lines at the gas pumps!
>
>The long lines at the gas pumps were in 1973 or so. Carter was elected in 1976.

They happened again in 1979 due to a combination of factors.
Wine is sunlight, held together by water - Galileo Galilei
Un jour sans vin est comme un jour sans soleil - Louis Pasteur
Water separates the people of the world; wine unites them - anonymous
Wine is the most civilized thing in the world - Ernest Hemingway
Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance - Benjamin Franklin
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