How Liberal Policies Raise Gas Prices: New at Reason

With consumer confidence at a 17-year high and economic prospects looking relatively strong, congressional Democrats have taken to grousing about the gas pump as a midterm strategy. “These higher oil prices are translating directly to soaring gas prices,” declared Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, “something we know disproportionately hurts middle- and lower-income people.”

If this is true, asks David Harsanyi, then why have Democrats spent the past two decades advocating for policies that artificially spike fossil fuel prices?

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