Originally Posted by MTI

If there was price-fixing or intentional manipulation of the market, as was the case in the California energy price frauds, then prosecute, convict and levy. But absent wrongdoing, why should there be "windfall taxes" levied against not just the company, but literally against the individual and institutional investors of the company? Drug and technology companies also get "windfall" profits, but have you seen the owners of Google getting called up to Congress?