[dirtboy]

“Funny, I don’t hear Republicans rail against speculators. Could that have anything to do with the fact that hedge funds and money managers are bankrolling the GOP as never before?”

This comment is absurd on a lot of levels.

First, investment banks such as Goldman Sachs who are major players in commodity funds bankroll Dems more than pubbies.

Second, using speculation to spike prices can only happen if there is a fairly tight supply - and eventually that bubble will pop as it did in 2008 as consumers cut use.

The GOP's solution is to increase supply. The Dems LIKE high gas prices.

[bolobaby]

Exactly.

But Reich has no integrity, so he’ll never frame it that way.