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aint_no_life_nowhere

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Fri May-09-08 02:03 PM
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54. How about forcing speculators to actually take possession of certain selected commodities?

If they actually had to take possession of that barrel of oil or that bushel of wheat, I think it would stop the speculation in some areas. Stop the paper investments and force the buyers to actually physically buy what they buy. We don't have to do this across the board, but only in certain cases where the national interest trumps the interest of the free market.

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