Gas price hikes due to greed

Escalating gas prices ("Prices at the pump take giant leap," Feb. 8, Page A-1)? Give up the idea that this rise in price has anything to do with supply and demand. Wall Street speculators and their insatiable greed are cleaning out the wallets of the middle class. How about legislation to control their grip on market prices? Write your representative and complain.

CHARLES FLOYD

Modesto