If anyone can get me transcripts of Cheney's closed door energy policy meetings I'll tell you why power, natural gas, gasoline, coal, etc are up. Water is next.
A president can directly effect prices. He appoints the overseers. As we saw with Enron and the FERC. Appoint someone industry friendly who looks the other way and industry get's by with murder.
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