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HowardNelsonJr t1_iu59cq6 wrote

Reply to comment by WapsuSisilija in Kuster Trailing in New NHJournal Poll, With Hassan Tied and Leavitt Close - NH Journal by slimyprincelimey

Would love to hear you try to explain why energy prices rose for an entire year before the war broke out 🤣

It’s amazing how Putin is responsible for all democrat failures

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Larang5716 t1_iu5f7jg wrote

The war drove up fuel prices some for sure, maybe less so in the US than the rest of the world. Prices rose in the time before the war because the major energy companies saw an opportunity to start price gouging people due to the pandemic and jumped on the chance. Refer to the previous person's post noting record corporate profits. The current federal government was actually reducing gas prices for a while before OPEC decided to screw people over again by cutting production.

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HowardNelsonJr t1_iu5s5at wrote

No. On day one of the Biden administration they began the phasing out of fossil fuels, which he campaigned on. The democrats have cut domestic production in favor of buying it from adversaries and hostile regimes, and our democrat representatives have greenlit his agenda. Maybe we wouldn’t have to beg Saudi Arabia for oil if we would allow production at home instead. There is a reason why the price of energy started climbing in 2021, a whole year after the pandemic broke out.

I keep hearing this silly excuse from our democrat representatives, that big oil is doing this on purpose to make record profits and exploit us and that they have more capacity that they are choosing not to use. Simple question - if that is so, then why would they not use the additional capacity to price gouge and make even more record profits? Because it’s nonsense. They have told these companies they will be out of business in a few years, and then act shocked when prices are raised or they refuse to expand operations. Why in the world would oil companies invest in their businesses just to close down in the next decade? It’s silly. It’s democrat policies coming home to roost.

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WapsuSisilija t1_iu695g5 wrote

The President doesn't cut domestic production. The government doesn't control whether private companies turn on the pumps.

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HowardNelsonJr t1_iudw9wp wrote

Lmao.. yea democrats are NEVER responsible for their failures. But when republicans are in office it’s ALL THEIR FAULT. Right? Right?

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WapsuSisilija t1_iufp861 wrote

The President doesn't control domestic production of oil and gas. He also doesn't set or control prices of them.

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HowardNelsonJr t1_iujap1r wrote

Then why does he keep taking credit when gas prices come down?

A very very small group of people believe/agree with what you say. The president and government policies absolutely 100% play into production and prices. You have to be pretty stupid to believe they don’t.

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Larang5716 t1_iu6c91h wrote

Why would you cut domestic oil production and then keep buying it aboard without having any kind of backup in motion? That logic makes no sense. Could it be that the gas price increases when 2021 came around were the cause of people either getting vaccinated and then driving again or people being forced back to work and then driving again? Demand went down during the pandemic and then came up when people started using gas again. To answer your question: what do you think they're doing right now? Why do you think the inflation narrative is being spread far and wide? Oil companies haven't invested in their business in decades. They use their influence to buy off politicians from both parties and shut down any possibilities for a shift away from their oil. Did you know we've had the ability to make cars with over 100 mpg since the 80s? This current predicament isn't the cause of Democrats. It's what happens when oil and money control the world. Vote for the person that has a platform and a plan, not platitudes and slogans.

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HowardNelsonJr t1_iudvzxn wrote

  1. Because the democrats want to push their green liberal dreams on us well before we’re actually ready for it. Also don’t act like a bozo.. gas prices were less than $3 for years before the pAnDeMiC.

  2. The inflation narrative is being spread far and wide because democrat policies have give us the highest inflation in 40 years and it is hurting everyone especially the poor. Obviously.

  3. If we’ve had the ability to make 100 mpg cars for 30/40 years, that tells me the EPA and government has failed, because they have allowed that not to happen. Let’s cut funding!

  4. I’ll vote for whoever the fuck I want and yes the current predicament is the cause of democrats.

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