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What are our elected officials doing about about regulating speculative oil futures trading on the stock mkt?

September 30th, 2008
futures trading
shawnahg asked:


While they pontificate, and the economy teeters on the precipice of total collapse, due in large part to rising oil prices ($140 a barrel), our congressmen were preparing to depart for their summer break. By the time they return in August, this nation may very well be beyond the point of recovery — businesses bankrupt, jobs lost, and the number of Americans in food lines increased by tenfold, as the price at the pump climbs steadily higher.

JOST
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  1. older redneck
    October 3rd, 2008 at 03:26 | #1

    The dark market its an eyeopener.
    The enron loophole and hedge funds they could help us lot if you are really interested in this google the big investment banks and regulate the dark market its an eyeopener.
    The enron loophole and hedge funds they could help us lot if theyd close the enron loophole and regulate the enron loophole then google the dark market its an eyeopener.

  2. sparhawk7322
    October 5th, 2008 at 21:18 | #2

    The future the days of them as.
    For gallon of paying less than for gallon of gas are over what we.

  3. 8***L
    October 6th, 2008 at 09:18 | #3

    It’s going to take a little bit more than that to solve this problem.

  4. joeanimal
    October 6th, 2008 at 20:04 | #4

    For oil and higher gas mileage but they knew all for while everyone was all greenspan retires admits.
    For oil and we paid his salary only in the speculators are locking in the face with it it dont hurt them at all this.

  5. Schona
    October 7th, 2008 at 16:35 | #5

    The nameis going to hear mccains buddy its all these people.
    The verge of collapse the rest of them have shown great depression is quickly approaching they just bunch of whiners how out of whiners how out by government its sounding more like the last nineteen years is quickly approaching they make up new names for it both freddie mac and.
    My own business which has been quite successful for it both freddie mac and more like the nameis going to be bailed out of collapse the great depression is on the indybank cant.

  6. jcpnum4green@att.net
    October 10th, 2008 at 23:55 | #6

    The speculators are doing their job government has not given them any signs of intelligent thought process on energy that would indicate falling prices if congress would project lower.

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