The President and the Price of Gas
Civics 101
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What Are You Going to Have?
Ope, an organization of arab petroleum exporting countries, refused to sell oil to countries that had supported israel in what is called the yum kapur war. President nixon established price controls on domestic oil. He asked gas stations to not sell gas on saturday nights and sundays. congress created the 55 mile per hour speed limit on federal highways which was the inspiration for sammy hagar's hard rock anthem, i can't drive 55.
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