Evidently unlike Rush, I'm a limited-budget consumer who watches out for other limited-budget consumers.
Consider that one of the things that triggered the government-fabricated mortgage crisis was the rising price of oil. When consumers were faced with the dilemma of either putting gas in their vehicle or paying their subprime mortgages, many people reluctantly chose to put gas in their vehicles.
Which has to do with a broker buying and selling in what way? Your comment was about an oil broker buying at one price and reselling when the price was higher.
“Consider that one of the things that triggered the government-fabricated mortgage crisis was the rising price of oil. When consumers were faced with the dilemma of either putting gas in their vehicle or paying their subprime mortgages, many people reluctantly chose to put gas in their vehicles.”
Hogwash. Gas prices rise and fall all the time, and we never had a mortgage crisis when it happened before. People were not defaulting on mortgages because of market fluctuations in gas prices.