In a STUNNER of a Vote - GOP Votes Against Lowering Gas Prices/Price Gouging

[Toddsterpatriot]

I think you should understand more.

You first.

 

[bripat9643]

Every thing posted here is about party politics. The rule is if the other party says anything good bad or indifferent you Must Stand Against it, The hell with good government, We must have party rule.

Good government and the Democrat party are mutually exclusive.

 

[dblack]

Good government and the Democrat party are mutually exclusive.

Good example.

 

[Hutch Starskey]

Do you really believe that? If that's true, then what keeps gas stations from just charging $100/gallon for gas? Civic duty?

No - even when the entire economy is dependent on their products, price and value are subjective matters. They can set the price at whatever they want, but they can't force people to buy their products.

They don’t need to force anyone to buy it. The entire economy is dependent upon it. Your $100 trope is just ridiculous. $5 seems to be the sweet spot.

 

[Hutch Starskey]

The price of crude is up over the last month, not down.

From the high, dope is what I said.

 

[Hutch Starskey]

Sometimes it can be valuable to revisit the premises that the rest of us take for granted. Maybe we're wrong.

Ya think?
The same people bitching about Biden’s policies causing pain at the pump are now free marketeers extolling the virtues of record profits.

 

[Hutch Starskey]

Now we're back to the local gas station gouging you? LOL!

I said nothing of local gas stations, dope. That is the subject of the thread.

 

[Hutch Starskey]

Is that the only factor in the price at the pump?

It was the main factor when the high prices hit.

 

[Hutch Starskey]

That's why they never lose money and always make record profits?

Kinda like drug dealers.

 

[jc456]

Ya think?
The same people bitching about Biden’s policies causing pain at the pump are now free marketeers extolling the virtues of record profits.

Not me

 

[dblack]

They don’t need to force anyone to buy it. The entire economy is dependent upon it. Your $100 trope is just ridiculous. $5 seems to be the sweet spot.

What's sweet about it? Why not more. You claim it's just ridiculous, and I agree. But why? Think about it.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

I said nothing of local gas stations, dope. That is the subject of the thread.

You're whining about the high price of gas. Who is setting it unfairly high?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

It was the main factor when the high prices hit.

But not the only factor.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Kinda like drug dealers.

But you're wrong. They don't always make money.
They don't always have record high profits.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

$5 seems to be the sweet spot.

Where supply meets demand?

 

[bripat9643]

They don’t need to force anyone to buy it. The entire economy is dependent upon it. Your $100 trope is just ridiculous. $5 seems to be the sweet spot.

In other words, supply and demand controls the price. You claimed the oil companies controlled the price of oil, but now your admitting they don't.

 

[bripat9643]

Ya think?
The same people bitching about Biden’s policies causing pain at the pump are now free marketeers extolling the virtues of record profits.

There's nothing free about Biden's oil market.

 

[bripat9643]

From the high, dope is what I said.

Yeah, the high that lasted one day, and it was only $5 higher than the current price. The price of oil dropped 5% from the high, not 20%.

 

[jc456]

They don’t need to force anyone to buy it. The entire economy is dependent upon it. Your $100 trope is just ridiculous. $5 seems to be the sweet spot.

Weren’t you bitching about minimum wages? That price blows that back in your face