When I heard about Phil Gramm’s comments this morning I had the same reaction that I’m sure many other Americans caught in the middle between need and greed did.

With the news coming out about some brain trust deciding to predict that gasoline could reach seven dollars a gallon in a couple of years, there’s already a domino effect of bad news spreading out from it.
Financial types are worried about nearly everything and it’s showing on the stock market as the Dow Jones industrials [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads As you might guess from the title of this entry, I am indeed drawing a direct connection between Big Oil and the state of the economy. I suppose some may think that it’s unfair of me to lay the majority of this nations and even the world’s economic troubles at [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads It seems like almost every time you look at the price of gas these days it’s gone up higher. Thing is, the only reason for it to be as high as it’s been in the last twenty years or more is pure greed combined with a major dose of plain [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads That’s right. While we sit paying obscene prices for fuel, those who’re selling it have managed once again to set an all time record for profit.
What I don’t get is why this is allowed to go on. I am not a hamster, If they were actually investing the lion’s [...]