The same folks who today defend high gasoline prices as the product of a free market said exactly the same thing about energy prices in the West when we now know ... Enron was manipulating the market at full throttle and reaping billions in profits.
Everyone expects American businesses to make a profit and I don't begrudge them that, ... But the big oil companies are now reaping an unbelievable windfall, and it's time for Congress to help consumers.