April 18, 2012

More Pointless Gas Price Grandstanding on the Way

Steven Kyle, FOX News


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It may sound humdrum, but the reason gasoline prices are high is because of supply and demand. This is exactly what you would expect an economist to say, but it also is true. . .

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