Blowhole Joe Biden is responsible for oil prices

but but... it's an emergency... the polls say so...

even democrats are getting tired of this "Weekend at Biden's" charade of a true propped up puppet President.

As I said recently, it's should be changed to "Four Years at Biden's", because that's what is going on. Sadly, all the comedy and competence has been removed.

Why is this so true

He doesn’t control all of that . . . yet.

...thar he blows!

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Drilling on federal lands only makes up 5% of the US oil production and despite Biden reducing the number of lands that could be used for federal drilling by 34%; we're still meeting our production goal of 5%. Because the lands that were reduced, were not seeing any drilling at all.

We've only reduced imports from Russia. Oil imports from Russia made up 8% of oil supply in the United States in 2021.

Taxes on gas in the United States is something like 18.3 cents per gallon.

18.3 cents to the national average cost gas in the US is $5 a gallon. Meaning Biden only controls 3.66% of the increase in oil. So, he's not entirely wrong when he says he doesn't control the global cost of oil.

The inflation the United States is seeing right now is global in nature; meaning it is happening to every country that imports and exports oil. That is definitely not Biden's fault and is mostly due to the economic effects of the pandemic.

If I am wrong, please inform me where I am inaccurate. I would very much be interested in honest and intelligent rebuttals.

Thank you.

The inflation the US is seeing started long before oil prices spiked. The price of oil is just making it worse. Printing money and paying people to not work causes inflation. That’s Biden’s fault.

You’re right! I said inflation was caused by the pandemic. Gas prices started to spike around late last year. So, that checks.

We’re not printing any more money then we have in years. In fact, we’re printing a consistent level as we have in past years. And most of the money printed is just replacing old money.

https://www.federalreserve.gov/paymentsystems/coin_currency_orders.htm

But I’ve heard this claim before. Please elaborate.

As for paying people not to work... Are you referring to unemployment being at an all time low? We’re back to pre-2020 levels.

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https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/unemployment-rate

According to the Economic Research group 80% of all USD in circulation were added in the last 22 months.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M1REAL

Thank you. This does seem to validate the claim. You deserve far more than a singular upvote from me.

I don’t mean literally printing cash. Most money is issued in the form of credit.

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/money/2020/05/12/coronavirushow-u-s-printing-dollars-save-economy-during-crisis-fed/3038117001/?build=native-web_i_t

The unemployment rate is low because so few people are looking for work. Meanwhile, businesses have had to close simply because they can’t hire enough people to running. Why work when the government hands out tax-free money and bars landlords from evicting you for not paying rent?

And I would argue that that is the very point I made when Trump only pointed to unemployment rate being down. But now Trump Supporters have flipped the script. Suddenly, the amount of people actually on unemployment doesn’t matter.

The worker shortage comes in two factors.

Liberals want higher pay, otherwise they can’t afford the basic cost of living and with corporate inflation, they’re at a stalemate.

The losers will be small businesses. Which, big corporations see as a win.

Not enough Democrats and Republicans are pushing for relief for small businesses. With Democrats being backed by big tech and big pharma, and Republicans seeing such relief as entitlements and not in the spirit of free market.

On the other side of things is conservatives who have been fired or resigned due to pressures to mandate. I’ve constantly pushed that these people should instead go to work for small businesses but they fall into the same pitfall of these places not being able to afford to hire them; or that pay is not enough to contend with this. Their position is to relax these mandates which will not happen until Republicans dominate the senate and house again.

Fortunately, Republicans are poised to take back Congress this year. And if Democrats continue to stall on small business relief and keep vaccine mandates up, that will happen.

But waiting for 7 months for that is not a realistic option for the people that need jobs right now.

“But now Trump Supporters have flipped the script. Suddenly, the amount of people actually on unemployment doesn’t matter.”

There’s a difference between being on unemployment (receiving benefits due to losing one’s job) and the unemployment rate. To receive unemployment benefits, you have to be actively seeking employment. But the unemployment rate includes everyone seeking employment, not just those who recently lost their job. Since the unemployment rate is low and employers are having a hard time filling positions at the same time, it means people who could work if they wanted to are living off of other means, such as welfare, stimulus checks, etc. As those sources dry up, people will have to return to the workplace but it won’t raise the unemployment rate much because there are more jobs available than people seeking work right now.

Ah, I see. I always thought it was measured by the amount of people withdrawing from unemployment. Thank you for correcting me.

You will never be able to reason with The Trump Cult

As opposed to masochists who think paying $5 for $2 worth of gas is wonderful and that you can somehow pay more taxes and affect the weather, lol.

The highest tax on Gasoline in the US is under a dollar. Want to blame someone for the price gouging? Start with oil companies.

They claim Biden is responsible yet none of his policies seem to effect more than 10% of the price increase.

The reason for the rise in gas has to do with gas companies not wanting to expand into alternative fuels and are blaming the government for the lowering supply despite the fact we appear to be hitting our quarterly quotas despite the regulations.

7.ups is not too far down the Trump cult rabbit hole. I think he at least understands my position that a third presidential campaign by Trump at least puts Biden’s second term a higher probability. I don’t know if he agrees with that assessment or wants go all in on a Trump Presidency. I honestly can’t speak for him but I can say he at least presents himself honestly if I present myself honestly. Which is enough to merit some respect.

Trolling those who are Trump or Bust doesn’t help either, nor does simply ignoring them which has proven to be not much of an option.

If there truly is no point in reasoning with the Trump cultist, then I would argue then that there is no point in posting in the Politic’s stream at all. Memes or comments. And until this place has completely drunk the Trump Kool-Aid, I don’t see much of a point in basically removing myself here.

Besides, this place at least gives me a pulse on their views and what they are consuming since their sources go either so deep into the web that I can’t keep up through my usual outlets or just the watered down fringe sources that try to stay afloat and relevant in popular media. Of which, I barely consume unless they say something completely out of left-field. Pun dubiously intended.

I’m not a Trump fan. The only reason I voted for him was because there wasn’t a better viable alternative. If it comes down to Trump vs Biden in 2024, I’ll vote for him again. But I hope we’ll have better choices.

I respect that.

You have never been interested in "honest and intelligent rebuttals" or you would not craft half-truths and outright lies in the first place.

Like telling the truth and stating TOTAL gasoline taxes in most jurisdictions in the USA surpass $1 per gallon. In some jurisdictions it is far more than $1 per gallon.

Or that gasoline prices started climbing the very day President Alzheimer's was installed in office.

Or why every energy company points to the White House as the reason for rocketing prices.

You aren't interested in honesty, or you would tell the truth.

Honest and intelligent means proving me wrong instead of just attacking me. I refuse to mention you or me further to give you a prime example as to how.

The truth is, no one wants to be responsible for the rising cost of gas. I suppose I should take state regulations into account as well as the individual state taxes applies. Still, the federal minimum on the taxes is still minimal.

Now, regulations that pass the buck onto the oil companies is something else and would account for this.

It's still a global issue, not just here in our country. Might this have to do with regulations concerning carbon emissions rather than demand being higher than supply? Absolutely, that is entirely possible. It's also both are compound factors. The states hit hardest with gas price increase are coastal states (usually liberal).

If my numbers are wrong, then they are wrong but I'm failing to see how the federal regulations are what are responsible. Please, show how. I'm most curious.

Pointing out you commit multiple sins of omission is not an attack. It's simply listing a fact.

Pointing out you take pains to not tell the truth is not an attack. It's simply listing a fact.

Pointing out you cherry-pick data (essentially rabid confirmation bias) to present the issue they way you want instead of presenting it in a purely factual manner is not an attack. It's simply listing a fact.

That you can't stand one bit of fact-based criticism is entirely on you and your remarkably fragile ego.

I again state the obvious :

If you were interested in the truth, there would be nothing we could add because you would already have the answers you were seeking. That you completely ignore facts - like gas prices starting their inexorable rise the very day President Alzheimer's took office - is proof positive you are not remotely interested in the truth.

Prove me wrong.

"Prove me wrong."

We're talking about the cause of high gas prices.

Not me or you.

Thanks for playing.

SOURCE for claim in meme (Gas prices began to risein the first quarter of 2021.)

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=emm_epm0_pte_nus_dpg&f=m

You very much made it about me and you when you alleged I attacked you.

You have not been able to prove that actually happened, so you went on tirade after tantrum.

The facts :

You do not present any information unaltered.
You present half-truths and in some cases just make things up.
You cherry pick data to present it the way you want it presented.
Your ego cannot withstand the slightest contradictory information being presented.

I submit once again you are not on a search for the truth, you are searching for validation.

Prove me wrong.

I already did.

You can keep trolling on.

You have presented no information countering :

You do not present any information unaltered.
You present half-truths and in some cases just make things up.
You cherry pick data to present it the way you want it presented.
Your ego cannot withstand the slightest contradictory information being presented.

I submit once again you are not on a search for the truth, you are searching for validation.

You have proved nothing.

You’ve failed to prove any of your accusations.

So, I have nothing to prove.

Absolutely correct, because you proved each and every one.

Especially the fragile ego one.

So, as I was saying, and you ignored, the gas prices started their rise in the first quarter of 2021.

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=emm_epm0_pte_nus_dpg&f=m

Your claim: “Like telling the truth and stating TOTAL gasoline taxes in most jurisdictions in the USA surpass $1 per gallon. In some jurisdictions it is far more than $1 per gallon”

Is also inaccurate.

Currently, California has a gas excise tax of 51.1 cents per gallon. That is the highest of any state in the USA. So gasoline taxes do not surpass nor far more than a $1 per gallon.

https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/2022/03/08/62274528268e3eb5508b45e5.html

You’ve continuously said in so many words that I am a liar, while not presenting any contradictory information. You seem to mistake me continuing to engage with you or my need to refrain from making this about me as some kind of slight against my personal ego. While, I’d argue an egotist would do the opposite.

Persepcity and 7.ups have both maintain intellectual honesty and have helpfully informed me that we are, in fact, printing more money; and how the unemployment rate is actually measured respectively.

I do not always agree with these persons and have observed them to troll but as long as they conduct themselves with me in the conversation we are currently having, I see no reason to make it personal. And I feel both parties walk away with something worth holding on to.

Perspectives, contexts, and facts.

Which is far more valuable than any endorphins you receive from yelling into the echo chamber and getting all the upvotes from likeminded people.

And while I’ll admit my replies to you have far been cordial; those who’ve respected my humble request have been met with gracious and respectful replies even when I was wrong… which seems contradicts your assessment of my character.

Now, you’re very free to believe what you want to believe. Walk away, and feel like you’ve won something. Proved something. You’re free to continue to engage me however you see fit, but if you make this about me again? I won’t entertain your nonsensical accusations as I did here nor bother to steer the conversation back toward the argument.

You’ve lost my interest in trying to do that with you.

But when you do actually have a factual statement or an argument worth replying to, I’ll be only too happy to forgive and forget.

I’ll pray for you. Hopefully, God will guide you down a better path.

Nobody wants to accept blame for $5 a gallon gas. Especially the elderly Pedophile with Alzheimer's who is responsible for it..
Too bad for him life is not as easy as showering with his 12 year old daughter was.

So, how is the Pedophile with Alzheimer’s responsible for gas prices rising in other countries?

Nobody said he affected the price in other countries. YOU said the highest tax is under $1. Thats possibly WV which has a .50 cents per gallon tax. But wait- gas is $4.25 in WV right now.... meaning Blowhole Joe is responsible for the price going up $1.75 a gallon over what it was when he took office ( when it was $1.99 a gallon), by cutting off the keystone pipeline, refusing to renew oil leases, etc.
So before you feebly attempt to troll your betters set the dime bag on the ground and turn off that Madcow guy on MSNPC.

Well, I don’t know how to tell you this but you’re wrong.

The highest is California with at .69 cents per gallon.

I’m not sure if that includes the federal tax of .18 cents per gallon on gasoline and .24 cents per gallon on diesel fuel, which if it doesn’t comes to .73 cents per gallon at most.

Gas in California right now is averages to $5.77 per gallon. Not including the tax.

Wyoming gas is actually currently at $4.092. Not including the tax.

https://gasprices.aaa.com/state-gas-price-averages/

Gas was at the national average of $1.96 in June of 2020 but at $2.28 per gallon in December of 2020 (before Biden took office.)

National gas prices have only been up to $4.41 per gallon (a record) so the increase which again is before taxes are even applied.

So gas per gallon has actually gone up at most $2.13, much higher than your initial calculations but right now is only at $4.27 as the current national average.

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=emm_epm0_pte_nus_dpg&f=m

The projected amount the XL extension of the Keystone pipeline (which the main pipeline is operational, only the XL extension was shut down) would’ve only increased our supply of oil imports from Canada by 5%. And we’re still projected to hit that 5% increase without it.

I mentioned other countries because they’ve seen the price of their oil skyrocket as well which seems to point to more than just Biden being responsible of the rising cost of gas if they are rising internationally in addition to nationally. In other words, if international prices are going up; then Biden is unlikely to be responsible for that; just as he is unlikely responsive for the national increase.

And while his policies may have significantly contributed to gas prices rising prices (rejoining Paris Accords); it’s far more likely that gas companies who saw record negative quarterly prices in the previous two years due to the pandemic; may be hiking the prices up to make up for their losses. Not from the regulations. That would mean the $2.13 increase is not strictly be on Biden.

And politically it makes sense for US gas companies to scapegoat the President’s harsh regulations in order to make up more cost of future investments when the actual impact of these regulations may be exaggerated to make up their quarterly losses in the last two years.

So, no. I cannot reasonably conclude Biden is responsible based on these facts.

Not without knowing the direct costs these regulations have put on individual companies that merit the national increase.

We can only speculate.

Thus, Biden being directly responsible for the gas prices is not a fact.

And we may not know these impacts until next year (if ever).

PS thanks for not denying Blowhole Joe is a pedophile with Alzheimer's. That's big of you.

Meh, we were flooding the market with US energy 15 months ago, and the 1% of the 1% said whoaa...NY cowboy...thanks covid,..,