Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Oil Prices and Freedom

Real Clear Politics has two related posts that should be remembered every time anyone mentions 'price controls':
"Make no mistake about it, there are many people out there just itching to tell us what to do - and make us do it. That is why the word "crisis" gets used so much, and not just about oil, in order to soften us up for their taking over our lives. That is a bigger problem than the so-called "oil crisis."
Also, here's a secondary but interesting point:
"Many of the same people who cry "No blood for oil!" also want higher gas mileage standards for cars. But higher mileage standards have meant lighter and more flimsy cars, leading to more injuries and deaths in accidents - in other words, trading blood for oil."

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