(via Disinfo)
The very first thing George W. Bush did in response to Hurricane Katrina was to offer a helping hand… but to his friends in the oil industry. The president released millions of barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve so the oil companies would have enough fuel to make gas and keep the country going. Pouring more oil into the marketplace didn’t reduce gasoline prices, which kept on going up, hitting $4 a gallon in some places.
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