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CAPSULE COMMENTARY: “Indict the Service Stations Too”

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“Why hasn’t the government indicted every service station owner in the country? After all, it’s obvious that they are engaged in a giant conspiracy against the American people. Have you noticed that they all dramatically increased the price of gasoline at exactly the same time? How can this be just a coincidence? There had to be a massive telephone conference call consisting of hundreds of thousands of service station owners all across America. Just subpoena their telephone records – you’ll see! And have you noticed that they’re all charging exactly the same price? Coincidental? Yeah, right — tell me another one. We’re talking about hundreds of thousands of service stations all charging the same price! They’re price-fixing — there’s no other explanation for it. Yep, once we finish breaking Microsoft into thousands of little, competitive pieces, it’ll be time to go after all those hundreds of thousands of gas station owners

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Jacob G. Hornberger is founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation. He was born and raised in Laredo, Texas, and received his B.A. in economics from Virginia Military Institute and his law degree from the University of Texas. He was a trial attorney for twelve years in Texas. He also was an adjunct professor at the University of Dallas, where he taught law and economics. In 1987, Mr. Hornberger left the practice of law to become director of programs at the Foundation for Economic Education. He has advanced freedom and free markets on talk-radio stations all across the country as well as on Fox News’ Neil Cavuto and Greta van Susteren shows and he appeared as a regular commentator on Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show Freedom Watch. View these interviews at LewRockwell.com and from Full Context. Send him email.