That led to fuel shortages and gasoline rationing in the region for several days.

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And now the government has imposed gasoline rationing.

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With power still down in many cities and towns in New York and New Jersey, state and local governments are struggling to ease the gasoline shortage with mandates like rationing.

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Wartime wage-and-price controls were swept away, as was the rationing of food, gasoline and other items.

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After Sandy hit the Northeast last fall, New Jersey, then New York, had to begin even-odd rationing because the storm interrupted gasoline shipments for days.

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But should government set the rationing rules, or leave this task up to customers and gasoline stations?

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