Financial Speculators Pushing Gas Prices Through the Roof

on February 21st, 2012 at 6:41 pm

Robert Reich breaks it down; Speculators have pushed crude oil to $105.28 per barrel, up 35 percent since September. Brent crude, Europe’s benchmark, is now $120.37 a barrel – also worrisome because many East Coast refineries use imported oil. Funny, I don’t hear Republicans rail against speculators. Could that have anything to do with the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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