AmeraTex Ltd Politics

When GWB took office, Gasoline prices were about $1.55 a gal. They progressively got higher, peaking at over $4 a gal. in July 2008 (oil was about $150 a barrel, so they had not peaked). Remember what the solution to that was? An economic crash like no other since the Great Depression. They still haven’t gotten back to the summer 2008 highs. Besides, oil companies like high prices, and we should, too, to some extent. It makes them explore. Remember that market economy thing Republicans and conservatives place such a premium on?

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