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thrancetoday at 12:25 AM1 replyview on HN

Gasoline is heavily regulated and subsidized. Leaving the oil market alone resulted in Standard Oil, and we obviously don't want that again.


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Strawtoday at 1:56 AM

Standard oil not only reduced consumer prices for gasoline, but was already losing its monopoly to competitors during the antitrust trial.