Has anyone looked into the outrageous price of saffron? It is outrageously expensive. A single gas tank full of the stuff would cost millions. This criminal state of affairs has gone on for decades, if not millennia, and yet our leaders do nothing? Why is the DOJ ignoring this gouging of Americans too poor to afford the exotic flavoring of their rice? Where is Frist? Where is Hastert? Surely, we cannot leave this important issue to the market.