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| Yes | 48% | 237 votes | Total: 495 votes | |
| No | 52% | 258 votes |
Yes
Created on: May 19, 2010 Last Updated: May 20, 2010
Yes, the government can provide valuable assistance to the citizens of this country by establishing
by J Robbins
Created on: May 07, 2008
When greed dictates market forces instead of supply and demand our government has a responsibility to
Created on: June 03, 2008
Congress needs to act now, not to free us from market forces, but to let market forces control what
Created on: July 13, 2008
It may become imperative for our nation to ration some essential commodity or service. I am not suggesting
Created on: May 12, 2008 Last Updated: August 01, 2008
The Price of Gas: Ask Questions
It does not take a genius to recognize the unjustified and exponential
by Duane Card
Created on: March 07, 2009
Consider this:
I am a Saudi Prince. I have a room full of money from the sales from my oil wells. I think
by Ruth Georgia
Created on: April 08, 2008
Gas Prices: We all Get Robbed at the Tank
Have you ever wondered why an announcement that there is a
by Staci Ralls
Created on: May 07, 2008
The only thing wrong with the fuel and crude oil prices today being what they are is EVERYTHING! With
Created on: September 10, 2007
I say yes! But would it be any better? Probably not! Corruption and greed would take over and we would
by MisterSteve
Created on: June 30, 2007
If you have been doing any driving, you may be aware of the escalating price of gas. What causes these
Created on: June 03, 2008
The free market is a myth! Those who spout free market principles and ideology in the same breath that
Created on: April 02, 2008 Last Updated: June 03, 2008
I find it appalling that it took the truck drivers to strike this week in order for congress to even
by PinayWriter
Created on: May 08, 2008
My grasp of the whole thing may be shakier than most. I will be responding from the point of view of
Created on: October 22, 2007
Should lawmakers free us from market forces by controlling gas prices?
I wonder how many of you reading
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by Roger Quinn
Created on: August 09, 2009 Last Updated: August 12, 2009
Price controls never work. In fact, the U.S. has tried something like this before. In response to the
Created on: September 02, 2007
Nobody likes high prices. Or rather, nobody likes to PAY high prices. Sitting in the seat of the seller
by Dan Pritch
Created on: June 22, 2007
Recently, our diligent lawmakers in the House passed a bill that would make gasoline price gouging a
Created on: June 03, 2008
Lawmakers cannot free us from "market forces" because the oil market is not "free". In truth it's the
by Eric Rogers
Created on: May 19, 2008
How are lawmakers supposed to control gas prices? Price controls never work in a positive way. If price
Created on: July 31, 2007
As history proves, current economic theory holds true, we must abide by the simple guidelines created
by John F Mann
Created on: May 07, 2008 Last Updated: July 06, 2008
All cries for our government to halt the rise in gasoline prices are a demonstration of illogical "thinking"
Created on: May 07, 2008
The lawmakers should never free us from market forces. That is what makes our capitalist economy work.
by Shawn Kew
Created on: June 03, 2008 Last Updated: April 04, 2012
The gas prices are more complex to control than putting a price cap on. All putting a cap on gas prices
by Suzy Charnas
Created on: June 03, 2008
Of course the government shouldn't slap controls on gas prices - higher gas prices are merely bringing
by Brent Kelly
Created on: July 27, 2007
As history shows, setting caps or floors on the prices of things didn't work for the communists. And
by John Devore
Created on: September 07, 2007
Should lawmakers free us from market forces by controlling gas prices?
The truth in this matter is a
by David Thill
Created on: June 03, 2008
I don't know what kind of amazing lawmakers you have in your state, or what sort of genius you're sending
Created on: June 28, 2007
Should politicians "free" us from market forces on gas prices they will at the same time free us from
by Mark Luedtke
Created on: June 03, 2008
This question doesn't even make any sense. Market forces are natural laws. Government can't free people
Created on: May 07, 2008
I'm no market analyst or futures investor. I'm just a regular Joe on the streets making a little below
by V. Kumar
Created on: June 03, 2008 Last Updated: July 28, 2008
" O' Lord! Give us freedom from political rhetoric
Let our souls be free from the corrupting greed
and
by Dan Alger
Created on: July 08, 2007
ABSOLUTELY NOT. Economic policy for oil markets should only move us to a more efficient (broadly defined)
by Jeff Brooks
Created on: June 26, 2007
We are the market force and it is my hope that we do not need to be freed from ourselves. I frequently
Created on: June 26, 2007
As a Zen master would say, "Mu."
Standard English has perhaps no such expression, for both saying "no"