Politicians have never cared about economics. If they did, none of them would be in business. Its amazing people complain the price of gas is always too high. You should hear the racket in this country when gas broke the $1.00 a gallon benchmark. And somehow despite the demagoguery and stupid pandering of our politicians, we've managed to do quite nicely thank you. Now do we really want to go back to the Jimmy Carter days just to save a measly buck on gas? We'd need a really rotten economy to drive down the price of gas.
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
Ahh, good ol' price controls. That gas will be cheaper... if you can get any.