Reply #3: Price fixing is just not an exact science. Not like in the old days

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when OPEC commanded and everyone followed the Saudis into overpriced oil heaven. Back then, only the consumer had to pay because the government thinks American citizens are nothing more than a mark for anyone to con.

Now Americans don't have enough money to play the con game or pay for the royal's yachts and palaces. If they keep cutting the supply, eventually they will get to that magic number, maybe...