• Jaysyn@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Oil may be $68 a barrel right now, but the gas they are currently selling wasn’t made from it.

    But you’d have to not be a moron to understand that.

    • Auli@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      Sure sure what a bullshit excuse. Why do prices rise instantly then. I have heard oh they Ned to charge the replacement cost. So which is it?

  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Gas prices cut. BOOM! Government subsidies given to oil companies to offset their loss. BOOM! End users pays for it all yet again.

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      and theres no money to pay for it, so it will, of course, be paid via another massive, crippling blow to our already exploding debt.

      because debt doesnt matter under republicans.

      and debt doesnt matter to trump because he’ll die before facing any of the consequences.

  • M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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    1 month ago

    Yeah! He might do a thing?!

    Maybe bleat about it. Maybe start another fight somewhere. Maybe he will send out goons to the stations.

  • tigermountain@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    The fine art of the deal. The subtle maneuvering behind the scenes, the long term strategic thinking, the focus on the good of the country, the deft handling of challenges along the way. See the master do his work.

  • Jay@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    He didn’t give a shit a little while ago, but I guess his handlers realize that’s not winning any votes and with the elections coming up…

    But don’t worry, he’ll stop caring the second he wins again.

  • EndOfLine@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The retailers? Wouldn’t that be the gas stations? Is he targeting the small business / franchisee while giving the oil companies a free pass?

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      2 months ago

      The big oil companies already laughed and his face and told him ‘shut your stupid mouth or we’ll use our lobbyists to get you impeached’.

    • Fribbizz@feddit.org
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      1 month ago

      Fun Fact: what killed communism wasn’t so much the ownership details of the means of production, but the fact they chose a command economy instead of a market economy. Planned or command economies are bad, no matter what political ideology is behind it.

      Also: the way politicians world wide allowed conentration of mega corporations, I feel we are moving much more towards a command economy than a market economy.

      • Communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
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        1 month ago

        I don’t even get this: china and the ussr, were the fastest growing economies ever. Both had some famines at the start and then solved their famine issue. They went from poorest countries in the world to superpowers absurdly quickly. This is a nonsense point. The reason they were so strict and ruthless is largely cia selection bias, and has nothing to do with their economic system, yes. But their means of production issues and therefore socialism is far from the problem.

  • Zier@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    Trump promised $2/gal on ‘day one’ of his presidency. So where the fuck is our $2/gal? Liar!