Burning Money: The 'Oil Crisis' and How Big Government Makes it Worse

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I wrote this article for the website digitaljournal.com and I thought you all might enjoy it. Excerpt: "So, it seems fair to say that the government -- through high taxes, foreign intervention, and ethanol subsidies -- has been a major player in causing the current energy crisis and high price of gasoline. The only way to solve the problem is by doing exactly the opposite. The government needs to remove gasoline taxes, end its policy of foreign interventionism, and stop subsidizing Big Oil and Big Ethanol. The government will not decide to do this on its own, however, so it is up to the people to elect officials that are in favor of the libertarian ideals of small government. Only then will we be able to solve the looming energy crisis."

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