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April 24, 2012

Obama's Energy Follies Continue

Rich Trzupek, Front Page Magazine


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The Obama administration’s bizarre energy policy took another confused turn last week as the President asked Congress to spend $52 million for more oversight and investigation of petroleum markets. The crackdown would supposedly be aimed at “those who manipulate the market for private gain at the expense of millions of working families,” although neither Mr. Obama nor presidential press secretary Jay Carney could identify who these dastardly villains supposedly are, or if they even exist.

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TAGGED: oil speculation, oil, oil prices, Barack Obama

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