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Summertime is here, and with it, the annual spectacle of our representatives in Washington competing to see who can come up with the worst solution to the problem of higher gas prices.(The Week)(Brief article)
* Summertime is here, and with it, the annual spectacle of our representatives in Washington competing to see who can come up with the worst solution to the problem of higher gas prices. This year, Congress has outdone itself. First, the Democrats' bill calls for more federal investigations into oil-company "price gouging," which they take to mean any price for gas that is "unconscionably excessive." Understandably, the Federal Trade Commission has expressed its doubts about federal price-gouging legislation, given that it would have the unenviable task of enforcing this mushy language. The bill would also mandate higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars, which inevitably will cause ...
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