the energy market is not a free market. Its a series of monopolies that are minimally regulated. That's why speculation has such a great impact.
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 'distorts' is putting it nicely. > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> still applies. speculation really is very similar - it distorts the so >> called free market. >> >> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 10:54 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I was talking about gas speculation, not stopping congress from insider >>> trading. >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Larry C. Lyons >>> <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> What's so free about a market where small groups with information that >>>> others do not have, and technically should not have that massively >>>> impacts on their profit. if anything that's exploitation. >>>> >>>> What you saying that is OK is crony capitalism where its not what you >>>> know or yoru talent, but that you're part of a select faction That is >>>> not what Adam Smith envisioned for capitalism. Its more akin to what >>>> you saw in Breznev's Soviet Union or some third world dictatorship. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 7:41 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > Yeah screw the free market. >>>> > >>>> > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Eric Roberts < >>>> > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> >>>> >> That would be awesome >>>> >> >>>> >> -----Original Message----- >>>> >> From: Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions >>>> >> [mailto:ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com] >>>> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 4:46 PM >>>> >> To: cf-community >>>> >> Subject: Re: FW: Breaking: Obama Signs Insider Trading Ban >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> Up next, they ban Speculators to keep lower gas prices before the >>>> election. >>>> >> >>>> >> http://evilspeculator.com/ >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Eric Roberts < >>>> >> ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> > This is good. >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > From: The National Memo [mailto:edi...@email.nationalmemo.com] >>>> >> > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 4:01 PM >>>> >> > To: w...@witchnet.org >>>> >> > Subject: Breaking: Obama Signs Insider Trading Ban >>>> >> > >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349517 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm