One solution to cutting oil prices "Let the government hire all the speculators, paying them twice their present income, and have them lower the price of oil back to $60 per barrel. The savings would more than cover what we pay them. " <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/jun2008/db20080619_412349.htm" target="_blank">http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/jun2008/db20080619_412349.htm</a>