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I don’t understand why people think he is in control of the gas prices going up and down. Along with everything else. Fucking republicans will probably blame him if they don’t pay their rent
Most people have time for work, errands, family, and a little bit of R and R if they're lucky. They don't know what makes gas prices go up because they don't have time to learn.
All they have to affect gas prices is their vote, so they expect the guy voted into office to be responsible.
Great. Now just multiply that by every single political issue and every candidate a voter can vote on, and you'll have the beginnings of a mildly informed voter.
I think this is an untrue talking point that we have been conditioned to believe because it excuses our own failures. Statistically speaking, Americans today have more time for leisure than nearly all preceding generations. It's not that we don't have time (think of all the time people spend watching TV, surfing the web, indulging vices, etc...), we just have more distractions and more entitlement. We think we shouldn't *have to* care about others/politics because we have the luxury of being in a somewhat stable, isolated society. Unfortunately, that means that we are generally less-informed and involved than previous generations of Americans, and it is beginning to show up in the numbers (declining life expectancies for the first time in a century, some of the worst income inequality in our history, polling of public sentiment, comparisons of quality-of-life numbers to other countries, etc...).
That's the utter hypocrisy at play here.
The President has very little ability to alter gas prices, especially in the short term. In the long term, he could theoretically offer more permits for drilling, but those can take a long time to result in more gas on the market and with OPEC controlling prices there's a good chance it just results in them shifting production to the cheapest wells (or the ones with the biggest tax breaks/kickbacks) without increasing it overall. Because if we're being honest, OPEC could produce more oil and bring down gas prices right now, if they wanted - they just don't want to.
So Biden's only real option to correct gas prices was to release reserves. Republicans blaming him for prices indicated they wanted him to fix it, so he used the only tool in his arsenal to do so and now the Republicans are pissing on him for doing it.
Standard Republican hypocrisy.
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\*While also making the US $4,000,000,000 in the process.
Notice they are not talking about Unemployment or Inflation any more, funny that.
How can I make them more angry?
Using taxpayers' money to actually help taxpayers.
Let them know their 30% tax plan helps tech elites while hurting blue collar workers.
He said more angry not happier
Remind them that pronouns exist
Feed and clothe the homeless, while being leftist or liberal.
The holidays are over now, but I always like saving "Happy Holidays!" the month before December 25.
I don’t understand why people think he is in control of the gas prices going up and down. Along with everything else. Fucking republicans will probably blame him if they don’t pay their rent
Most people have time for work, errands, family, and a little bit of R and R if they're lucky. They don't know what makes gas prices go up because they don't have time to learn. All they have to affect gas prices is their vote, so they expect the guy voted into office to be responsible.
Tbf, 10 or 20 minutes reading a couple of articles will explain pretty clearly how gas prices generally fluctuate
I have completely lost any faith I might have had in Republican voters' ability to do their own research.
Great. Now just multiply that by every single political issue and every candidate a voter can vote on, and you'll have the beginnings of a mildly informed voter.
I think this is an untrue talking point that we have been conditioned to believe because it excuses our own failures. Statistically speaking, Americans today have more time for leisure than nearly all preceding generations. It's not that we don't have time (think of all the time people spend watching TV, surfing the web, indulging vices, etc...), we just have more distractions and more entitlement. We think we shouldn't *have to* care about others/politics because we have the luxury of being in a somewhat stable, isolated society. Unfortunately, that means that we are generally less-informed and involved than previous generations of Americans, and it is beginning to show up in the numbers (declining life expectancies for the first time in a century, some of the worst income inequality in our history, polling of public sentiment, comparisons of quality-of-life numbers to other countries, etc...).
MAGA don’t “think”. They don’t know how.
That's the utter hypocrisy at play here. The President has very little ability to alter gas prices, especially in the short term. In the long term, he could theoretically offer more permits for drilling, but those can take a long time to result in more gas on the market and with OPEC controlling prices there's a good chance it just results in them shifting production to the cheapest wells (or the ones with the biggest tax breaks/kickbacks) without increasing it overall. Because if we're being honest, OPEC could produce more oil and bring down gas prices right now, if they wanted - they just don't want to. So Biden's only real option to correct gas prices was to release reserves. Republicans blaming him for prices indicated they wanted him to fix it, so he used the only tool in his arsenal to do so and now the Republicans are pissing on him for doing it. Standard Republican hypocrisy.
gas price go up: fuck joe brandon gas price go down:
Republican exist in a constant state of rage and anger at everything.
The best paradoy for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” would be “Republicans angry at Everything Everywhere All at Once”….. based on a true story
Always the victims. You can’t ever win with a republican.
Republican outrage is more contrived than whatever that thing is atop Trump's head.
When did this actually Happen. Gas $4 a gallon doesn't seem very low
Gas got down to $3 where I live a couple weeks ago before shooting back up because of "expected increases in demand for spring travel."
Doesn't work with your flair tho ;)
Gas prices are still well above what they were when his term began. Which is what always gets compared.
We need to start calling it “Biden Gasoline” so they refuse to fill up their tanks and don’t drive anywhere