Price Control Proponents Never Learn
By
Marty
on February 20, 2006 at 02:00 pm
This article describes the folly of gas price-controls that the liberal/socialists enacted to control the price of gas at the pump in Hawaii. As the article states...
Of course in the tradition of liberals to never admit a mistake and in this case the failure of gas price control measures, the argument is...
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Hawaii's gas price controls, imposed last fall when the cost of fuel was hovering around $3 a gallon in many parts of the U.S., have actually triggered much higher costs for consumers.
As of Friday, Hawaii drivers were paying the highest per-gallon costs in the nation, with record-setting prices of as much as $3.39. A year ago, consumers in Hawaii were paying nearly $1 a gallon less. The national average today is $2.24 a gallon.
Of course in the tradition of liberals to never admit a mistake and in this case the failure of gas price control measures, the argument is...
"Instead of talking about a repeal or suspension, legislators ought to be seriously considering strengthening and improving the law so we can provide even greater savings to consumers
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