What is the Republican explanation as to why gas prices are so high even though their profit margins are so high?

[Rye Catcher]

It's Putin. Because Putin owned Trump, but he had to wait for a year and a half after Trump left, er, because, global warming, er, or something.

Wow, substance and thought is not, yet thought provoking is clear, concise and ludicrous.

 

[2aguy]

So why are their profits higher than they have been in a decade?

Up to the ending of pipelines and biden's handlers attacking them......we were a net exporter of oil...which means they were selling a lot of oil.....

Now, the price of oil has gone up, because of Biden's handlers policies.......

 

[Polishprince]

If Sleepy Joe's "windfall profits" goes through, expect supplies of gasoline at the pump to drop as oil companies seek to delay there earnings.

Then we will have the liberal dream of gas lines as well as tremendously high prices.

 

[protectionist]

Yeah dude it’s in the OP.

see Post # 36

 

[protectionist]

Up to the ending of pipelines and biden's handlers attacking them......we were a net exporter of oil...which means they were selling a lot of oil.....

Now, the price of oil has gone up, because of Biden's handlers policies.......

Sounds about right.

 

[jc456]

For instance, what makes it Biden’s fault they are high if that is the case? What did Biden do to make them high? Keep in mind these prices are high in other countries.

2 charts show Big Oil profits skyrocketing as prices at the pump rise

Oil companies are raking in the largest quarterly profits in a decade, raising concerns that the sector is using high gas prices to gouge customers.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[TNHarley]

You’re just making shit up. You’re desperately trying to make this about Biden without being informed on the subject. It’s completely moronic to put 100% of the blame on him.

What was wrong about what he said, hack?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Better yet, Putin never got enough out of Trump and hopes he will become his stoolie again.

You Biden Toadies are hopeless

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Well see you’re missing a basic point here. Regardless of the politics about energy, their profits are still sky high. You aren’t adding anything to the conversation if you are not taking that into account.

How much is government raking in from gas taxes?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

I'm not a Republican, but do seriously contend that the boycott of Russian oil isn't the reason oil prices are high??

Not when most of the rise occurred pre Ukraine invasion

 

[jasonnfree]

When Trump was president, how many times did we hear liberals crow > "on his watch!"

Now Biden is president, and the country is coming apart at the seams. (on his watch)

I like Biden. He's a real man. He won't try to overthrow our government or try to have his vice president murdered like this sissy crybaby trump did because he lost big time in the election.

 

[dblack]

Not when most of the rise occurred pre Ukraine invasion

Hmm.... not taking your word on that, but it really doesn't matter to me. In a free market, it's not the job of the President, nor the government, to control commodity prices. In fact, it's none of their fucking business.

 

[initforme]

How about we drill more, make more, and keep it here on our mainland.

 

[Billy000]

I wouldn't trust the liberal rag business insider for a split second.

You think that about any source that doesn’t suck Trump dick. It’s an excuse you give when you can’t argue with the facts. Why don’t you find your own source that disputes my facts instead of acting like a little girl.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

I'm so old I remember Progs blaming Bush for $3.6/gallon prices in 08.

 

[dblack]

I'm so old I remember Progs blaming Bush for $3.6/gallon prices in 08.

Yep. We're pretty much all socialists now.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Wow, substance and thought is not, yet thought provoking is clear, concise and ludicrous.

You can't tell when you're being mocked.

Adorable

 

[Billy000]

What is this proof of?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Hmm.... not taking your word on that, but it really doesn't matter to me. In a free market, it's not the job of the President, nor the government, to control commodity prices. In fact, it's none of their fucking business.

Except when it's not a "free market" because of direct, immediate government actions

 

[dblack]

Except when it's not a "free market" because of direct, immediate government actions

Yeah, whatever.

The way I see it, Biden had three choices:

1. Do nothing, and let Putin walk across Europe, resurrecting the USSR.
2. Confront Russian forces directly with our military, seriously risking a nuclear conflict.
3. Economic sanctions, which impacts oil prices, among other things.

I don't know which one is the best course of action. I don't want my sons sent off to war, so high gas prices seems a reasonable alternative. Which would you choose?