Gas prices cut. BOOM! Government subsidies given to oil companies to offset their loss. BOOM! End users pays for it all yet again.
and theres no money to pay for it, so it will, of course, be paid via another massive, crippling blow to our already exploding debt.
because debt doesnt matter under republicans.
and debt doesnt matter to trump because he’ll die before facing any of the consequences.
I love vague threats like “big problems” or “consequences”
Sounds like communism to me.
Fun Fact: what killed communism wasn’t so much the ownership details of the means of production, but the fact they chose a command economy instead of a market economy. Planned or command economies are bad, no matter what political ideology is behind it.
Also: the way politicians world wide allowed conentration of mega corporations, I feel we are moving much more towards a command economy than a market economy.
Command economies using 1940s technology aren’t particularly good.
Back in the 70s the Cybersyn project was largely successful until the CIA deposed Allende to put Pinochet into power.
they also spent way too much money on war.
I don’t even get this: china and the ussr, were the fastest growing economies ever. Both had some famines at the start and then solved their famine issue. They went from poorest countries in the world to superpowers absurdly quickly. This is a nonsense point. The reason they were so strict and ruthless is largely cia selection bias, and has nothing to do with their economic system, yes. But their means of production issues and therefore socialism is far from the problem.
I was being hyperbolic, Republicans are supposed to hate communism, but Trump keeps trying to dictate how business should operate
What a fucking clown
The fine art of the deal. The subtle maneuvering behind the scenes, the long term strategic thinking, the focus on the good of the country, the deft handling of challenges along the way. See the master do his work.
Sure, Trumpty dumpy.
Oil may be $68 a barrel right now, but the gas they are currently selling wasn’t made from it.
But you’d have to not be a moron to understand that.
EDIT: Found the morons.
Sure sure what a bullshit excuse. Why do prices rise instantly then. I have heard oh they Ned to charge the replacement cost. So which is it?
I just drove across seven states in the US and the lowest gas prices were in the red states. I don’t know why that was unless there is some sort of state subsidy to keep Trump from looking stupid.
A lot of it is tax based, but there are some other factors. CA has high fuel taxes, but they also have higher standards to ensure cleaner burning. AZ is a good place to see how much difference the cleaner burning fuel costs because Maricopa county (Phoenix area) requires gas stations to use CA standard fuel, but not the rest of the state. So compare gas in Phoenix to gas in Tucson.
There are a lot of other factors such as transportation costs, and infrastructure that keeps gas cheaper in the southern states where there are more refineries. Or coastal states where crude oil is more easily shipped to.
Indiana suspended gas tax from April until July 7th. It will likely keep getting extended as long as Trump wants it. We’re sub $3 in areas of the state.
We also cut school budgets so my kid won’t have a full time PE, art, or music teacher next year. I’m sure it’s unrelated.
Good to know, thanks
I know at least one state has suspended the gas tax, which is a state subsidy in practice.
Looking at a map of oil refineries in the USA, there is a lot all over the midwest which trend red. Given rail is pretty big in those areas it’s cheaper to ship to markets.
Generalissimo Trumpo says sell gas for free.
Yeah! He might do a thing?!
Maybe bleat about it. Maybe start another fight somewhere. Maybe he will send out goons to the stations.
And I’m over here wondering why its still so cheap.
Yeah, cmon!
I just need to subsidize demand, I swear bro just one more subsidy man
The retailers? Wouldn’t that be the gas stations? Is he targeting the small business / franchisee while giving the oil companies a free pass?
The gas stations make no money on gas. Gas just brings in customers for the delicious hotdogs.
Don’t forget the cigarettes and booze.
First rule of being a bully is always prey on the weak, not the strong.
The big oil companies already laughed in his face and told him ‘shut your stupid mouth or we’ll use our lobbyists to get you impeached’.
I’m confused why he cares about california, sounds like them threatening to not pay taxes could fuck his whole presidency
So is he pro-free-market or not? Inquiring minds and all…
He’s pro-Trump, and will do whatever it takes for Trump to win bigly.
And THAT is what it’s all about… Lowering gas prices because he knows that if gas is still over $4 / gal in November, Republicans lose big…
But Gas prices aren’t coming down until the war he started is over, and even then, it may never come back to where it was…
He’s Pro Dumbass.
That’s interesting, so are his followers…
As if he would even understand the concept.
GOUGING The word is gouging. The number of times I see “gauging” used for this is too damn high!
It’s one of those words that I see misused all the time, like rouge (instead of rogue) and loose (instead of lose).
POTUS is a dunce.
Rogue:
Rouge:
I sometimes wonder if his stuff is being crafted like spam is crafted. Meaning all the idiotic spelling and grammar. I mean, all the random capitalization drives me nuts…
Sure, some of the reasons that spammers put in so many misspellings may be to try to get past spam filters, but that’s not the only reason.
One is to filter out the smart people, basically. Spammers and conservatives have a very key thing in common - they rely on having stupid people fall for their nonsense:
https://josephsteinberg.com/why-scammers-make-spelling-and-grammar-mistakes/
You don’t have to wonder, AOTUS admitted staffers write them. Not just dictation either, they write in his prose.
I suspect sometimes his typos are intentional.
He can turn around and say “I told you there’d be no gauging the gouging! Why didn’t you listen?”
No one likes a loose goose.
