There is no “magic bullet” to lower gas prices, President Obama told Americans over the weekend in his weekly radio and Internet address. Yet a recent poll concluded that higher gas prices are a main reason 70 percent of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track. We discuss rising gas prices.
Pain at the Pump
There is no "magic bullet" to lower gas prices, President Obama told Americans over the weekend in his weekly radio and Internet address. Yet a recent poll concluded that higher gas prices are a main reason 70 percent of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track. We discuss rising gas prices.
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Guests:
Lisa Margonelli, director of the Energy Policy Initiative at the New America Foundation and author of "Oil on the Brain: Petroleum's Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank"
Rayola Dougher, senior economic adviser at the American Petroleum Institute
Matt Skryja, spokesman for AAA of Northern California