[frogjerk]

For better or worse gouging in a time of crisis is against the law. Record profits during a period of multiple crises seems a fair reason to investigate whether there was gouging.

Turning to Marxism in a time of crisis is a bad thing as well...

What about all of the iPod gouging going on? They are selling iPods and giving you less accessories than ever for no apparent reason other than to make obscene profits...

[dawn53]

You don't have to have an ipod, you have to have gas.

Gouging at a Home Depot for plywood, during a time of crisis is illegal.

Gouging a the price of a hotel room during a hurricane is illegal.

Supply and demand has nothing to do with those two scenarios, even though supply of plywood may be short, or hotel rooms may be few, the companies are still not allowed to gouge.

What needs to be determined is if "gouging" is what's truly going on with the oil companies.

[samtheman]

Turning to Marxism in a time of crisis is a bad thing as well...

Right.