I think the passage that you point out takes it too easy on the oil industry. What about punishing entities that take advantage of disaster and suffering to turn a higher profit? Is that really anathema in the 'Republican' view? Perhaps it shouldn't be. Sure, there would have to be a CNN tax if such a policy were in place, but perhaps this is a good thing. Come to think of it, lots of American enterprise is probably guilty of this: tobacco, alcohol, gambling all in a certain way (each arguably has other aspects, but at least some of the time profits from illness of the customer).
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I think the passage that you point out takes it too easy on the oil industry. What about punishing entities that take advantage of disaster and suffering to turn a higher profit? Is that really anathema in the 'Republican' view? Perhaps it shouldn't be.
Sure, there would have to be a CNN tax if such a policy were in place, but perhaps this is a good thing. Come to think of it, lots of American enterprise is probably guilty of this: tobacco, alcohol, gambling all in a certain way (each arguably has other aspects, but at least some of the time profits from illness of the customer).