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Old 04-15-2008, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Simon Wolf View Post
What would keep the oil companies from raising their price to the current level with tax, allowing them even greater profit?
Because if they all agreed to raise the price together, it is collusion and the trust busting authority of the government could lay the hammer down on them.
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