What is Your Definition of Do Nothing?

Nobody knows nothing.

I’m going to print this on a tee shirt.

In fact, I’m back.

I just did.

I watched a report this morning talk about how high gas prices are.

How high they’re going.

I watched a report about the backlog at the port of Los Angeles, and how the price of everything is going to go up.

Again.

And I wondered why we have a do nothing President with a do nothing Congress when it hit me.

Doesn’t it all feel like a plan?

Like someone with sour grapes is conspiring to make it all happen?

I mean, a spike in gas prices works mostly on speculation.

Futures traders in Chicago and NYC make bets on prices going up or down, and make money off the bets.

A smart President with access to a powerful PR machine would schedule a conference, get in front of the media and make a simple statement.

“American working people are hurting right now. I’m going to release supplies from the strategic reserve to help them at the pump.”

The speculation would drive prices down EVEN WITHOUT ACTUALLY PUTTING MORE GAS IN THE MARKET.