Topic: Republicans lol
Anonymous A started this discussion 3 years ago #104,122
boof joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 7 minutes later[^] [v] #1,172,636
those fuckers robbed Cawthorne, the best face rapist ever elected
Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 34 minutes later, 41 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,637
> A bill backed by House Democrats would give President Joe Biden authority to declare an energy emergency that would make it unlawful to increase gasoline and home energy fuel prices in an “excessive” or exploitative manner.
Question: why only target "excessive" prices? Why not just set the price of gasoline to $1.00/gal?
If you can answer that question, you might be able to figure out why people voted against this ridiculous law.
Question: why only target "excessive" prices? Why not just set the price of gasoline to $1.00/gal?
If you can answer that question, you might be able to figure out why people voted against this ridiculous law.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 27 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,641
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Because "the market" can work well often, but when it is so expensive that people can literally not afford it, it needs to be regulated.
Because "the market" can work well often, but when it is so expensive that people can literally not afford it, it needs to be regulated.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 37 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,645
Please link me to the article of this. Thanks.
Anonymous D double-posted this 3 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,646
@1,172,637 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Because lowering the prices would hurt the pockets of oil and gas companies, along with Joe and Hunter's wallets.
Because lowering the prices would hurt the pockets of oil and gas companies, along with Joe and Hunter's wallets.
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 3 years ago, 49 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,647
@1,172,641 (A)
If people literally cannot afford it, then oil companies won't sell any gasoline and prices will have to fall until people can afford it again (or the oil companies go bankrupt - one of the two).
If people literally cannot afford it, then oil companies won't sell any gasoline and prices will have to fall until people can afford it again (or the oil companies go bankrupt - one of the two).
Meta !Sober//iZs double-posted this 3 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,648
@1,172,641 (A)What's making it so expensive lately anyway? Were the oil companies just being really nice from 2015-2021?
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,650
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 3 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,652
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,653
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
COVID supply chains, OPEC, war. Remember, OPE is led by dictators, and Trump lived dictators. Why do You think they went up? And if your answer is "hurt durr Biden singlehandedly controls all the oil prices the world", then no need to type it out.
COVID supply chains, OPEC, war. Remember, OPE is led by dictators, and Trump lived dictators. Why do You think they went up? And if your answer is "hurt durr Biden singlehandedly controls all the oil prices the world", then no need to type it out.
Anonymous D replied with this 3 years ago, 19 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,654
If slow Joe is concerned about high gas prices and such, why does he and you libtards have issues with drilling in this country? Prices would drop dramatically.
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 3 years ago, 19 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,655
@1,172,653 (A)
It also went down from mid 2014-early 2016. This was before Trump (so that can't be why) and Obama didn't like dictators did he? Why did it go down? Why did it go really high in 2008 (actually significantly higher in real terms than now due to inflation) during the last days of the Bush administration? There were no "COVID supply chains" in 2008, were there?
> Why do You think they went up?
Massive money printing, sanctions against Russia we shouldn't be doing, and restrictions on oil production due to following a retarded doomsday cult. Also oil production was decreased during the worst of the pandemic (as there was reduced demand) and it's harder to ramp up production than shut it down.
> And if your answer is "hurt durr Biden singlehandedly controls all the oil prices the world", then no need to type it out.
No I don't think Biden controls oil prices. I think that if he did we'd have $1 gasoline because that would really help him in the midterms and in 2024. No one likes 1970s style stagflation.
It also went down from mid 2014-early 2016. This was before Trump (so that can't be why) and Obama didn't like dictators did he? Why did it go down? Why did it go really high in 2008 (actually significantly higher in real terms than now due to inflation) during the last days of the Bush administration? There were no "COVID supply chains" in 2008, were there?
> Why do You think they went up?
Massive money printing, sanctions against Russia we shouldn't be doing, and restrictions on oil production due to following a retarded doomsday cult. Also oil production was decreased during the worst of the pandemic (as there was reduced demand) and it's harder to ramp up production than shut it down.
> And if your answer is "hurt durr Biden singlehandedly controls all the oil prices the world", then no need to type it out.
No I don't think Biden controls oil prices. I think that if he did we'd have $1 gasoline because that would really help him in the midterms and in 2024. No one likes 1970s style stagflation.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 13 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,656
Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 3 years ago, 25 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,657
@1,172,655 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
P.S. This is the first time in a decade that you have made a reply that actually makes sense and is reasonable. Please do that more.
P.S. This is the first time in a decade that you have made a reply that actually makes sense and is reasonable. Please do that more.
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 3 years ago, 59 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,671
@1,172,656 (A)
> What is the retarded doomsday cult?
Global warming.
@previous (A)
> P.S. This is the first time in a decade that you have made a reply that actually makes sense and is reasonable. Please do that more.
I really don't know why you imagine me as this insane foaming at the mouth guy.
Oil has had massive up and down swings under all kinds of presidents. I don't think Trump caused cheap gas prices any more than Bush caused expensive ones.
That being said, price controls are stupid and don't work. It just makes no sense. If Trump had proposed a law to control gas prices, I would be against it just the same. It's not a "my guy good, your guy bad" thing. It's just literally Econ 101.
> What is the retarded doomsday cult?
Global warming.
@previous (A)
> P.S. This is the first time in a decade that you have made a reply that actually makes sense and is reasonable. Please do that more.
I really don't know why you imagine me as this insane foaming at the mouth guy.
Oil has had massive up and down swings under all kinds of presidents. I don't think Trump caused cheap gas prices any more than Bush caused expensive ones.
That being said, price controls are stupid and don't work. It just makes no sense. If Trump had proposed a law to control gas prices, I would be against it just the same. It's not a "my guy good, your guy bad" thing. It's just literally Econ 101.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 11 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,672
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 3 years ago, 5 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,673
@previous (A)
It's quite possibly real but it's not going to be the end of the world as we know it or this huge cataclysmic thing. That's the doomsday cult part of it, which is retarded.
It's quite possibly real but it's not going to be the end of the world as we know it or this huge cataclysmic thing. That's the doomsday cult part of it, which is retarded.
boof replied with this 3 years ago, 4 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,674
yess the war on Christmas surely needs our attention now
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 17 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,678
@1,172,673 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Global warming canned will absolutely make the world inhospitable to humanity if we do not do something. That is science.
Global warming canned will absolutely make the world inhospitable to humanity if we do not do something. That is science.
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 3 years ago, 50 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,693
@previous (A)
> Global warming canned will
I think you're inebriated. We'll pick this up in the morning when you've slept it off.
> Global warming canned will
I think you're inebriated. We'll pick this up in the morning when you've slept it off.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 4 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,694
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Large fingers, small keys. I am completely sober. See, you were being almost reasonable for a while, but you have fallen back into your angry Autistic mode. Shame.
Large fingers, small keys. I am completely sober. See, you were being almost reasonable for a while, but you have fallen back into your angry Autistic mode. Shame.
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Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 2 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,713
@1,172,671 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
So, question...
COVID happened and demand for gas dropped way below expected levels. Gas prices dropped. Sure.
Prices rose again as people started driving more. Sure. When did the market start evening out gas prices? Did they not end up higher? We have more hybrid vehicles then ever on the road.
Shouldn't supply-side economics dictate that the market should lower gas prices given the usual supply of gas and decreasing demand for gas? Why isn't the invisible hand saving us all?!?!?11 Why does gas cost so much??
tl;dr: More people than ever are driving electric and fuel efficient vehicles. We are using less gasoline than ever since the 1950s. Given a free-market, WHY THE FUCK DOES GAS COST SO MUCH?!
So, question...
COVID happened and demand for gas dropped way below expected levels. Gas prices dropped. Sure.
Prices rose again as people started driving more. Sure. When did the market start evening out gas prices? Did they not end up higher? We have more hybrid vehicles then ever on the road.
Shouldn't supply-side economics dictate that the market should lower gas prices given the usual supply of gas and decreasing demand for gas? Why isn't the invisible hand saving us all?!?!?11 Why does gas cost so much??
tl;dr: More people than ever are driving electric and fuel efficient vehicles. We are using less gasoline than ever since the 1950s. Given a free-market, WHY THE FUCK DOES GAS COST SO MUCH?!
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Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 43 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,714
Anonymous D replied with this 3 years ago, 1 hour later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,718
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Because it's the only place that allows him to post his shitty shtick. He's been banned from everywhere else.
Because it's the only place that allows him to post his shitty shtick. He's been banned from everywhere else.
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 3 years ago, 13 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,790
@1,172,713 (G)
> So, question...
>
> COVID happened and demand for gas dropped way below expected levels. Gas prices dropped. Sure.
>
> Prices rose again as people started driving more. Sure. When did the market start evening out gas prices? Did they not end up higher? We have more hybrid vehicles then ever on the road.
>
> Shouldn't supply-side economics dictate that the market should lower gas prices given the usual supply of gas and decreasing demand for gas? Why isn't the invisible hand saving us all?!?!?11 Why does gas cost so much??
>
> tl;dr: More people than ever are driving electric and fuel efficient vehicles. We are using less gasoline than ever since the 1950s. Given a free-market, WHY THE FUCK DOES GAS COST SO MUCH?!
Gas would cost a lot less if we weren't engaging in economic warfare with Russia and if oil companies were freely allowed to explore, produce, and refine oil. You can't throw a ton of contrived obstacles and red tape in the oil companies' way, and then whine that the free market isn't working properly. If I replace my car's oil with maple syrup is it Ford's fault when the engine subsequently seizes? No! It's the same with a free market.
> So, question...
>
> COVID happened and demand for gas dropped way below expected levels. Gas prices dropped. Sure.
>
> Prices rose again as people started driving more. Sure. When did the market start evening out gas prices? Did they not end up higher? We have more hybrid vehicles then ever on the road.
>
> Shouldn't supply-side economics dictate that the market should lower gas prices given the usual supply of gas and decreasing demand for gas? Why isn't the invisible hand saving us all?!?!?11 Why does gas cost so much??
>
> tl;dr: More people than ever are driving electric and fuel efficient vehicles. We are using less gasoline than ever since the 1950s. Given a free-market, WHY THE FUCK DOES GAS COST SO MUCH?!
Gas would cost a lot less if we weren't engaging in economic warfare with Russia and if oil companies were freely allowed to explore, produce, and refine oil. You can't throw a ton of contrived obstacles and red tape in the oil companies' way, and then whine that the free market isn't working properly. If I replace my car's oil with maple syrup is it Ford's fault when the engine subsequently seizes? No! It's the same with a free market.
Anonymous G replied with this 3 years ago, 9 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,172,929
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> Gas would cost a lot less if we weren't engaging in economic warfare with Russia
Would it? The US produces a lot of oil and most of our imported crude is from Canada, Mexico, and OPEC nations. Eight percent of our imported crude came from Russia in 2021. We're still a net exporter of oil.
> and if oil companies were freely allowed to explore, produce, and refine oil.
I don't know how much their hands are tied when U.S. Oil Companies Have Increased Drilling By 60% In One Year.
> Gas would cost a lot less if we weren't engaging in economic warfare with Russia
Would it? The US produces a lot of oil and most of our imported crude is from Canada, Mexico, and OPEC nations. Eight percent of our imported crude came from Russia in 2021. We're still a net exporter of oil.
> and if oil companies were freely allowed to explore, produce, and refine oil.
I don't know how much their hands are tied when U.S. Oil Companies Have Increased Drilling By 60% In One Year.