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Winter weather over the past few days has frozen up to 75% of California's citrus crop.  Estimates are that retail prices will raise three to four times current prices.  I know, I know, I had the same thoughts too: price gouging and windfall profits.  I mean, who do these citrus growers think they are, quadrupling prices of oranges for working families of America?  

We have a great example from just a couple years ago of more evil corporate goons raising prices on the poor: Big Oil.  Look, just because the largest hurricane ever recorded in the history of the world came through and destroyed the largest oil/natural gas port in the nation was no reason for them to raise prices 50% was it?  Now a freeze comes through California and destroys the orange crop, and they're going to raise prices 300%?  Is food not more of a necessity of life than oil?  Come on people!  Consider this, the Governor of Louisiana declared New Orleans a disaster area, and now that the Governator of California has declared a disaster area further illustrates my point.  It's just money hungry capitalist pigs grabbing at any chance to make a buck off the backs of the vanishing Middle Class. 

My only comfort is that now that the Democrats control the Legislature, maybe we'll finally get that windfall profit tax they campaigned on.  That'll put 'em in their place.  Plus, they can use the money to build bridges in Alaska: now there's an admirable use of our tax dollars.

You can help: here's Senator Clinton's online contact form.  Let's flood her office with demands for a citrus wind fall profit tax!