Well that’ll work out well. It has every other time a government has taken over an industry, especially one so crucial as producing refined petroleum products.
“That suggests that higher prices are indeed the result of California’s green agenda rather than corporate behavior.” https://t.co/3qXwFziU1U @amspectator @StevenGreenhut
— R Street Institute (@RSI) February 28, 2025
It’s not only in the fever dreams of Right-wingers seeing communists behind every bush (hint: it’s only every third bush). Apparently, according to the LA Times California’s communist-inspired politicians are seriously considering taking over the refining of oil in their state.
SACAMENTO, [sic] Calif. — Fresh on the heels of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s emergency legislative session that blamed corporate greed and price gouging for the state’s absurdly high gasoline prices, the state is…