From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 698: A pipeline leak in Alabama helped lead to recent gasoline shortages in North Carolina, along with threats from Gov. Pat McCrory and Attorney General Roy Cooper about gas stations engaging in “price gouging.” Jon Sanders, John Locke Foundation director of regulatory studies, explains the link between North Carolina’s price-gouging law and the run on gasoline that emptied gas pumps in many locations across the state.
Government policy helped create recent N.C. gasoline shortage
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