By Curtis Ellis
Curtis Ellis notes how market forces triumphed over government mandates
A funny thing happened on the way to the gas pump.
Consumers want cheaper fuel and bought as much of it as they could without Washington telling them they had to.
That shouldn’t come as a surprise. What’s funny is that some people still needed to learn that economic incentives are a powerful motivator.
Our story begins in Washington, where government regulation is the go-to method of persuasion.