text: isn't it about time that we, the people, nationalized the oil companies? or should we, the sheeple, be proud of the fact that we have the richest thieves in the world?  government run entities are insufficient, but they can't do worse than what big oil has done to us.  in venezuela, gasoline costs 20 cents a gallon.  that is its free-market price, although economists, who are highly paid to come up with excuses for petrobandits, can convince suckers that the real market price is $3 a gallon.  a government of a free people has the duty to provide necessities such as water, roads, police, etc. at a not-for-profit price.  gasoline is such a necessity.  because we, the people, have eminent domain over the economy, we can and must confiscate private companies that have abused their free-market privileges.  the oily stockholders have looted us long enough, so they should not be compensated if we make their shares worthless. you assume that "we, the people" have control of our own government.  we don't.   "american democracy is a conspiracy of special interests against the general interest, but every special interest thinks that it is the general interest." - michael kinsley   hint: health insurance is uglier.