We should thank the big oil companies for this small gift before they stick it to us again as soon as memorial day gets here.
It's almost like you can predict it.
It's almost like you can predict it.
Gas prices coming down
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Our's went down to $3.71 then yesterday jumped back up to $3.79 where it had been a week ago.
Until gas goes below 2.50$ a gallon...gas prices are not really lower.
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Here is the plan to help.....or hurt. I can't figure out what the Dem's think is best.
Democrats push for $300 a month checks to help Americans pay for gas
Democrats are developing a string of proposals to help motorists - from $400 rebates for all taxpayers in California to imposing windfall taxes on oil companies.
Here is the plan to help.....or hurt. I can't figure out what the Dem's think is best.
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Your math is really bad for such a genius. If the price of gas is $3.79 and it drops to $3.71 THAT is a price drop. This ain't rocket science! We all would like it to go back to $2.50, maybe you can tell some of our big oil companies to ramp up their production to where it was a few month ago and it could drop real quick. But no, you say they deserve every penny they can get from us even as our own people struggle to pay their bills and buy gas to get to work. They make plenty of profit, they could raise production and still make more profit than most companies can ever hope to make.Until gas goes below 2.50$ a gallon...gas prices are not really lower.
Democrats push for $300 a month checks to help Americans pay for gas
Democrats are developing a string of proposals to help motorists - from $400 rebates for all taxpayers in California to imposing windfall taxes on oil companies.
Here is the plan to help.....or hurt. I can't figure out what the Dem's think is best.
I’ve never claimed to be a genius just a competent man is all.
I’m sorry you didn’t get the nuances of my point.
They do deserve every penny as the people deserve the ramifications of their voting actions.
I’m sorry you didn’t get the nuances of my point.
They do deserve every penny as the people deserve the ramifications of their voting actions.
What voting actions led to high gas prices. Better be prepared to back up your bs with non-whackjob citings.
Simple....Big Oil isn't in favor of Biden's Policies or his actions....thus the natural response is to throttle back, make as much money in the short term as possible to hedge against long term ramifications of insane Climate Change actions coming from Biden's administration.
Big Oil has a duty to make their investors as much money as possible, they have a duty to insure long term prosperity and long term survival of their business. Thus you get actions that justifiably lead to insane gas prices.
I find is strange that your Leftist brain thinks that Oil Companies should just roll over take a loss of profits just to support the Policies and Idea's of a Party that is heck bent on their destruction?
What is happening now is the Natural consequences of Voting in a Party and President that is anti-Cheap and plentiful energy. Hence the Voting public deserves higher prices and all that entails.
And it's clear that any references that doesn't fit your agenda will be brushed off as whack-job...which is a trait of a zealot or cultist. Predetermining that any information that doesn't fit your narrative is misinformation or disinformation....
I notice you said "loss of profits" nit a loss. Big difference! Get back to me on how bad their profits turnout to be. Everybody wants to make profits, some are willing to make a little less profit in bad times so their customers can still afford to drive their car to work and maybe even on a vacation and not put independent truckers out of business. Why is diesel as much as a dollar higher than gas right now? NO good reason for it!
That’s a myth that corporations will engage in actions to make less profits for the betterment of society or the consumer, I'd really like some examples of corporations actually engaging in profit loss on a widespread scale across the board not just some outlier hippy dippy company doing it on occasion. Just give me 20 examples of this.
I can give plenty of examples of the other.....
The food industry has Raised Food prices across the board and and is engaging in shrinkflation putting less product in the same size package and charging the same price or even increasing the cost of less product...yeah they are taking less profits.
How about the Real estate market? Are agents and investors giving the buyer a break? Taking Less commissions and lowering the price of property or Rentals they own? Nope they are being Robber Barons and Making record Bank while it's a Sellers and Landlord Market.
Is the Car industry both new and used.....reducing the price of cars and taking less profit to help out the Consumers find affordable transportation or are they Jacking the Prices up and making Profits hand over fist? Yeah you know the answer to that.
I can go on but Surely you get the point....
And are you still living in the 70's and 80's? Cause only 1 in 9 Truckers are still independent. They are going the way of the Dodo bird and while I applaud those who remain free from their Corporate Overlords it's their responsibility to be prepared for Fuel increases and any other issues that arises...and in truth I bet that those Indie drivers are just passing those cost along as well. My heart strings are not going to be tugged at by that example..
And the reason that diesel fuel is so expensive today is the insane State and Federal excise tax placed upon a gallon of Diesel it's higher than Gas....then add in the major issue of the New Ultra Low Sulfur refining process that have come about do to the the Climate change hysteria in the last decade... Jeez in 2018 the regulations even got more stringent. Add those factors up and Bam Diesel is a Dollar more a gallon. It's not complicated.
Clearly the Oil industry as all other industry's that involve the use of Diesel will pass all those cost on to the Consumer. So any product or service that involves Diesel transportation will pass on the increased taxation to the consumer as well as the cost of the Increased refinery process, clearly that to is being passed on to the consumer.
And those cost should be passed on because that is Capitalism and how any Free Market should work, Corporations have a duty to make as much Profit as possible to reinvest back into the corporations and to pay investors and stockholders.
If the price becomes to high then consumers can refrain from using those products and services or reduce their use as well . Less Demand then the price goes down.
You seem to live in a fantasy land where you think the CEO's/Presidents/VP etc. are going to risk their bonus, jobs and security by making less profits and getting shown the door by Investors and Stockholders to make life easier on some Consumers. That is not how it works. The price only goes down when the demand goes down or other expenses go down do to tech. etc.
And if the Board of Directors did actually want to cut cost and pass it along they would start either with automation over hauls to get rid of as many Workers as possible...the biggest expense that any Corporation has is the workers and their benefits....or they would try to reduce wages and benefits by various other means. Or move their operations to countries with less regulation and cheaper labor.
No Board of Directors is going to ever take a pay cut by choice and the Shareholders/Investors are not going to either. Why you think they would mystifies me?
I can give plenty of examples of the other.....
The food industry has Raised Food prices across the board and and is engaging in shrinkflation putting less product in the same size package and charging the same price or even increasing the cost of less product...yeah they are taking less profits.
How about the Real estate market? Are agents and investors giving the buyer a break? Taking Less commissions and lowering the price of property or Rentals they own? Nope they are being Robber Barons and Making record Bank while it's a Sellers and Landlord Market.
Is the Car industry both new and used.....reducing the price of cars and taking less profit to help out the Consumers find affordable transportation or are they Jacking the Prices up and making Profits hand over fist? Yeah you know the answer to that.
I can go on but Surely you get the point....
And are you still living in the 70's and 80's? Cause only 1 in 9 Truckers are still independent. They are going the way of the Dodo bird and while I applaud those who remain free from their Corporate Overlords it's their responsibility to be prepared for Fuel increases and any other issues that arises...and in truth I bet that those Indie drivers are just passing those cost along as well. My heart strings are not going to be tugged at by that example..
And the reason that diesel fuel is so expensive today is the insane State and Federal excise tax placed upon a gallon of Diesel it's higher than Gas....then add in the major issue of the New Ultra Low Sulfur refining process that have come about do to the the Climate change hysteria in the last decade... Jeez in 2018 the regulations even got more stringent. Add those factors up and Bam Diesel is a Dollar more a gallon. It's not complicated.
Clearly the Oil industry as all other industry's that involve the use of Diesel will pass all those cost on to the Consumer. So any product or service that involves Diesel transportation will pass on the increased taxation to the consumer as well as the cost of the Increased refinery process, clearly that to is being passed on to the consumer.
And those cost should be passed on because that is Capitalism and how any Free Market should work, Corporations have a duty to make as much Profit as possible to reinvest back into the corporations and to pay investors and stockholders.
If the price becomes to high then consumers can refrain from using those products and services or reduce their use as well . Less Demand then the price goes down.
You seem to live in a fantasy land where you think the CEO's/Presidents/VP etc. are going to risk their bonus, jobs and security by making less profits and getting shown the door by Investors and Stockholders to make life easier on some Consumers. That is not how it works. The price only goes down when the demand goes down or other expenses go down do to tech. etc.
And if the Board of Directors did actually want to cut cost and pass it along they would start either with automation over hauls to get rid of as many Workers as possible...the biggest expense that any Corporation has is the workers and their benefits....or they would try to reduce wages and benefits by various other means. Or move their operations to countries with less regulation and cheaper labor.
No Board of Directors is going to ever take a pay cut by choice and the Shareholders/Investors are not going to either. Why you think they would mystifies me?
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