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Ben Stein on High Oil and Gas Prices

Michael Giberson

So, the mob goes after someone to lynch, even if that person is innocent. After all, as the immortal Bob Dylan sang long ago, “A lot of people have knives and forks, and they don’t have nothing on their plates, and they have to cut something.”

This comes to mind because of the recent actions in the U.S. Senate that attempt to “crack down” on energy companies because the price of oil is so much higher than it used to be and because one large oil concern, Exxon (XOM), is reporting very large profits (after many years of modest earnings).

That’s Ben Stein on Who’s to Blame for High Oil and Gas Prices?