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Brucelee, we'll see if it's really fantasy. Watch what happens to prices after the elections.
Fossil fuels have become a national strategic resource, yet our government allows them to be manipulated in return for political bribes. With the industry in private hands, we pay unnecessarily high prices (witness the oil companies' billions in ADDITIONAL profits), face arbitrary limits on supply (the oil companies -- with all their money -- haven't built a new U.S. refinery in 30 years and their maintenance of the existing facilities is highly suspect), and the nation isn't pursuing alternative energy (with so many politicians in oil companies' pockets).
If market forces for crude are driving prices, oil companies' margins would remain the same. Yet profits have skyrocketed.
You need to wake up and see how things really work in this country. I'm not sure I'm the one who's believing in fantasies.
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