The things they do are usually for display anyway. But when they do it shows knowledge of and at least a pretend concern for middle- and lower-class Americans. (But they usually feed the SPR into the market instead of adding to it during times of shortages.)
This political leadership has not shown any concern I've seen for the US economy as a whole, not even lip service, over the high price of petroleum products. As befits their constiuencies and their personal interests they are adding to the price pressure.
It is a grave threat for an industrialized country such as the US. And when the best this administration can do is to say that overall the economy is enduring a "rough patch" and to stockpile high-priced oil it says a lot.
That was the point. The only point. And it's a valid point. Until I see Bush express some concern over the price of petroleum it will stay valid.
Arf
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Irrelevant. It's usually nonsense anyway.
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- A deafening silence. Bush, Cheney and the price of oil.