I think it's about showing that we're using all the levers of government.

And you know, the critique, I hit a very smart economist call me up and I respect them and they

said that this is not one of my smarter ideas. And it's because they don't like government

intervention in the market. They just have a fundamental view that you let the market ride these

things out. I'm not for price controls, but I do think that the government should be intervening

in times of national emergency to help working class folks with lowering prices. And I think the

government should be intervening to bring production back. And that's the fundamental difference

as I see it between a progressive economic vision that believes in the robust experimental

use of government to help working class Americans. And neoliberalism, which has you don't

intervene much when markets. And right now the neoliberalism is winning with first prong of the

president's outfit is I'm expecting the independence of the fact. I mean, obviously that's written for

by economists. Does any voters say, Hey, bro, what are you going to do about gas prices? I think

you should respect the independence of the man. I'm just trying to channel. I mean, what people in

my constituency are saying. They're saying do something about prices. I think that's right. I am

curious though. When I spoke to Cory Drill last week, he did also say that some part of the gap

that we're seeing between the price of oil per barrel and the prices at the palm is because of

these future markets. So when you talk about addressing the neoliberalism of it all and the ways

that the profit motive is distorting even the real on the ground oil per barrel prices right now

for consumers is part of the story that the country has given enormous amount to oil subsidies

over the years. It has done an enormous amount to bail out these industries over the years.

And it's now in a position where these industries are seeing massive profits. I think what was

a $35 million in profits for the top five industries from a recent op-ed. And they're squeezing. They're

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