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<div>Loopholes that   these bankers had bought from Washington allowed these banks to become “too big   to fail” and when the market came crashing down around us, they threatened more   financial misery unless they could raid TRILLIONS of dollars from our tax   dollars.  Goldman Sachs alum, Henry Paulson, was heading up the treasury and in   conjunction with other bank-owned politicians, like Tim “Tax-Cheat” Geithner,   Barney Frank, and Christopher Dodd, they successfully pushed through a gigantic   bailout.  Now, years later, Goldman Sachs and Wall Street are back to making   billions of dollars in profit while the American people are still dealing with a   collapsed housing market, soaring gas prices, and diminished pensions.</div>
<div>I ask you to   remember all of this because, once again, Wall Street manipulation ignored by   Washington threatens regular American people and even national security.  Gas   prices are soaring at rates far beyond what can be attributed to the forces of   regular supply and demand.  Gas prices are soaring because crooked politicians   and crooked Wall Street wiz kids needed another way to rob the American   people—this time by using our pension funds and foreign money to artificially   inflate gas prices.</div>
<div>One of the   reasons that Donald Trump is resonating with a lot of people is that he openly   talks about ending Wall Street’s ability to artificially inflate gas prices   through speculation.  When you see gas prices soaring above $4 a gallon, ask   yourself where are the lines caused by a supply shortage?  With the world’s   economy in a recession, where is the gigantic increase in demand that would   warrant a 100%+ increase in cost?  The obvious answer is these gas prices are   not being caused by a major tilt in supply or demand.  The people driving up gas   prices can be found among the same crooks who we bailed out after they stole   incredible amounts of American wealth and their politicians in Washington just a   few short years ago.</div>
<div>This speculation   on oil commodities is literally driving trillions of dollars to enemies of the   United States.  When the price of oil rises, countries like Iran, Venezuela, and   Libya are the major benefactors.  I plan on asking a lot of politicians what can   be done to rein in oil speculation, and I hope you will too.  I look forward to   sharing some solutions with you in a future column.</div>
<div>Dustin   Stockton</div>
<div>Media/Events   Director, TheTeaParty.net</div>
<div>Chief Strategist,   Western Representation PAC</div>
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