May 2, 2006 10:14AM 

# Ohhh, So It’s a Profit Thing 

By [Radley Balko](https://www.cato.org/people/radley-balko) 

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Sen. Dick Durbin, discussing gas prices on on *Meet the Press*:

> “Am I the only one of your guests here that think that profit taking is a problem?”

“Profit taking” is sort of the whole point of a free-market economy, isn’t it Senator?

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