4 arrested in sit-in outside Joe “I love health care industry contributions” Lieberman’s office in CT

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Four people were arrested this morning during a sit-in in front of Senator Joseph Lieberman’s office in Hartford. The arrestees were among thirty demonstrators who sought a public meeting with the Senator to confront him on his stance on healthcare reform while at the same time accepting donations from the health [...]

Loony Bird Lieberman and commodity speculation

Meanwhile, the other senator from Connecticut, Loony Bird Lieberman wants to ban institutional investors from commodity speculation, a proposal which demonstrates his almost total ignorance of how markets work. While speculation is certainly part of it, increasing demand and flat-to-declining supply is the more probable driver of price rises.

Speculators can and do provide a [...]