As a young Indian person and the director for the American Indian Education Center here in Bakersfield, I do not pose to represent the opinion of anyone other than myself, although, I do know there are many others throughout the community, the state and the nation who do or would share my sentiments. Please understand these feelings and consider the sound advice to rename the statue. Kern Indian Education Program Bakersfield Price controls don't work A recent letter suggested we price control gasoline and tax the rich even more. Price controls have never worked. In fact, they create many more problems than they solve.
Price controls create shortages and in the end create a system where goods are rationed by lines.
I lived in Chile in the early '70s when Salvador Allende was president. They had extreme price controls. The basic foods were rationed by lines. People had to get up at 5 a.m. and stand in line until the early afternoon just to get a small portion of cooking oil or sugar. No people would stand for such a system for long.