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Perhaps you haven't heard?

About this thing called the Pandemic and job losses and inflation.

Gas under Trump was more expensive than when I was paying for gas when Clinton was President - I don't blame Trump because gas got more expensive. Damn him - why isn't gas $0.25 for a gallon - back when America was Great? LOL

Everything has increased in price since the mid-1990s. Car Dealers are screwing people right now. Kia Tellurides are fetching $5k to $10k above MSRP. Biden didn't do that - the Kia car dealer says - hey we can make people pay above the asking price and WHY? Drum roll your basic economics class - Supply and Demand.

When there are 100 cars on the lot and only 50 buyers - the dealers will cut the price to move them. When there are 100 customers and only 25 cars - the dealer can charge above MSRP because if you don't pay the premium has 3 others waiting in line.

Oil is a depreciating resource - there is only so much of it and if you have been paying attention BP, Exxon mobile and others have stopped doing business with oil-rich Russia. That means less supply they are going to recoup their money (profits always trump people) so they pass the added costs over to you.

None of these companies have to do that - they could simply absorb the costs and still make billions in profits but the US system legally won't allow them to do that - the US system is built on always doing what is in the best interests of the shareholders. Which means profits over people.

Biden doesn't run Exxon Mobile or BP. Just as he doesn't run the audio companies who were selling an amp for $5,000 and now charging $7,000. Nor can he stop Kia dealers from charging $5,000 on their SUVs because they can.

If you don't like it then get a fuel-efficient car - they're coming. The same thing happened in the 60s 70s and 80s - the boom of the VW Bug was due to insane gas price hikes. Sometimes you have to suck it up - under Reagan home interests rates were in the 20% range back in 1982.

You guys give your presidents too much credit and too much flack for the economy - They don't control oil or the stock market - Obama set records for the highest stock market increases every single month for the last 3 years in office. And yes his government put in a policy to help Black Americans get jobs and his black unemployment rate was dropping in record numbers for the last few years of his presidency - but it still took congress and the senate (both Republican). So Bipartisan program and it worked - good for all. Trump didn't overturn it and it continued to work.


Trump came in and did nothing and the stock market kept setting records - then Biden came in and it is still setting records - they are not responsible for this stuff. Sure they may have some minor policy that adjusts the results a tiny fraction but it is hardly worthy of discussion.




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