Mark Kirsch

organizer, Truckers and Citizens United

Guest

Organizer of Truckers and Citizens United, a grassroots group he formed in Spring, 2007 to protest high oil prices; independent trucker from Myerstown, Pennsylvania

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Oil prices are very much on the rise, but gasoline has not yet caught up. When it does, $4 a gallon may sound like the good old days.

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Oil prices are very much on the rise, but gasoline has not yet caught up. When it does, $4 a gallon may sound like the good old days.

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