Take a walk through U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers‘ tweets and you’ll find complaint after complaint about the price of gas. Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers, Republican of Washington, is the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee but opposes legislation to stop oil and gas companies from price gouging consumers.
Rep. McMorris Rodgers on Monday claimed that making it illegal for oil companies to price gouge is “socialism,” something that’s done in places like “Soviet Russia,” not in America.
“The promise of America is free enterprise, not socialism, not government price controls,” she claimed, as she complained about the price of gas, which just hit a new record high.
Here is the Republican from Washington just one week ago saying it’s time to “get these prices under control.”
The bill would not set price caps as some Republicans suggest, rather, it would empower the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate if oil and gas companies are price gouging consumers.
Republicans on the powerful House Rules Committee on Monday blocked the bill, H.R. […]
The Free marketeers are all high and mighty until an entrepreneur does something they don’t like. So, an enterprising person brings in cheaper pharmaceuticals from Canada and resells them in the US for less all you will hear are cries of “It’s a Safety issue”, or “its illegal”. The stench of the hypocrisy is stunning.
I just had to pay $40 for 3/4 of a tank of gas. I could not believe it, since when I was young I sold gas for 25 cents per gallon.