US US Politics General - Discussion of President Biden and other politicians

 

[Honored guest]

I've been told a rumor that the Federal Government is freaking out about the gas prices from a prominent source, and is trying to pressure states to have a tax holiday for a few months on the state's sales tax for Gasoline. Take this with a grain of salt since it's only chatter, but I'm starting to believe it more and more each day.

Ain't gonna happen, states will never give up any extra tax revenue, you would sooner see blue states throw that child sniffer under the bus before they give up that sweet sweet tax money.

 

[mandatorylurk]

I've been told a rumor that the Federal Government is freaking out about the gas prices from a prominent source, and is trying to pressure states to have a tax holiday for a few months on the state's sales tax for Gasoline. Take this with a grain of salt since it's only chatter, but I'm starting to believe it more and more each day.

A bunch of democrat governors are pleading for the tax holiday because they're going to get fucked hard in November, barring "fortification."

A byproduct of Texas' primary last week is that in Houston, 10,000 ballots were found on Monday, 6 days after primary day. And the city took an additional day to count the votes on top of that. They're trying to set up another 2020 scenario but focusing more on trying to keep the low level stuff in democrat hands because they've seen how much they will get fucked with regards to CRT and grooming kids, let alone another mask mandate policy.

 

[introman]

Ain't gonna happen, states will never give up any extra tax revenue, you would sooner see blue states throw that child sniffer under the bus before they give up that sweet sweet tax money.

I should of posted that they were TRYING to do it, but yea the source said that the states were laughing at the Feds for that. They remarked that they would do it when the Federal government does it first(tax holiday). It's a big shit show in DC right now. I know the hysteria of January 6th did a doosy on DC, but this has eclipsed it by 100x in the short amount of time it's happening.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

I've been told a rumor that the Federal Government is freaking out about the gas prices from a prominent source, and is trying to pressure states to have a tax holiday for a few months on the state's sales tax for Gasoline. Take this with a grain of salt since it's only chatter, but I'm starting to believe it more and more each day.

I should of posted that they were TRYING to do it, but yea the source said that the states were laughing at the Feds for that. They remarked that they would do it when the Federal government does it first(tax holiday). It's a big shit show in DC right now. I know the hysteria of January 6th did a doosy on DC, but this has eclipsed it by 100x in the short amount of time it's happening.

Feds: We're gonna ban Russian imported oil, lol
Feds: WAIT WTF THIS'LL MEAN GAS PRICES WILL GO HIGHER, STATES, DO SOMETHING
States: lol no

It'd be funny if we weren't all getting fucked raw.

 

[Mister DNA]

Practically speaking, is there any other way out of this oil crisis other than to begin the process of greatly increasing domestic production and refining? I realize that wouldn’t help us today, but it’s looking like severe economic pain in the near future is now unavoidable. Is the federal government even capable of long term planning like that at this point?

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

Is the federal government even capable of long term planning?

FTFY. And the answer is no. No it isn't.

 

[Hüftpriester]

Glad I got gas this morning...it went up 40 cents a gallon in my area in less than 12 hours. Fuck you, Biden. You demented non-entity.

 

[Extreme Crusader]

Welp, here’s yesterday (when I filled up)…
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…Annnnnd today.
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Keep in mind that this is the gas station in my area that prides itself on having the lowest prices.

Die, Joe.

 

[Salubrious]

Practically speaking, is there any other way out of this oil crisis other than to begin the process of greatly increasing domestic production and refining? I realize that wouldn’t help us today, but it’s looking like severe economic pain in the near future is now unavoidable. Is the federal government even capable of long term planning like that at this point?

Follow up question: why is the government trying every solution EXCEPT domestic production? There has to be something else going on besides "Muh Green New Deal", right?

 

[Honored guest]

Practically speaking, is there any other way out of this oil crisis other than to begin the process of greatly increasing domestic production and refining? I realize that wouldn’t help us today, but it’s looking like severe economic pain in the near future is now unavoidable. Is the federal government even capable of long term planning like that at this point?

nope, there is no short term fix, this has been brewing for a while and has finally come to a head. Even if Biden went FULL DRILL AHEAD we wouldn't feel the effects of his actions for a while. I'm not familiar with the process of drilling and extracting oil/oil shale but I imagine we won't get a respite before midterms which is the only thing Dems care for right now so with that in mind you can count of them not increasing domestic production.. With summer coming around its only going to get worse as people will want to travel. There is an almost beautiful irony to it, after 2 years of covid, just before people are able to enjoy freedom of movement they're stopped by massive gas prices.

 

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Practically speaking, is there any other way out of this oil crisis other than to begin the process of greatly increasing domestic production and refining? I realize that wouldn’t help us today, but it’s looking like severe economic pain in the near future is now unavoidable. Is the federal government even capable of long term planning like that at this point?

I'm sure the neo-marxist ecofascists pretending to be innocent widdle green party dogooders would say that we just need to suck it up and $12 a gallon gas is "more realistic" and that we were "subsidizing cheap oil by killing our planet" or somesuch. Since the left, especially the radical left, both overestimates their support and completely underestimates how badly their shittly "our way or the highway actually no you can't choose to leave either" takes go over with people, I'm sure we'll see some pretty fucking retarded takes soon enough.

 

[Blacklight]

Following up question: why is the government trying every solution EXCEPT domestic production? There has to be something else going on besides "Muh Green New Deal", right?

Remember how day 1 Biden shot down Trumps order to lower insulin prices then a few weeks ago said how high prices were awful?

They think you're a moron with the memory of a gold fish and they're creating problems they can "fix" later.

 

[God of Nothing]

Following up question: why is the government trying every solution EXCEPT domestic production? There has to be something else going on besides "Muh Green New Deal", right?

They already blew money out the ass to pretend fracking was totally earth-killing and not worth the oil.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

There is an almost beautiful irony to it, after 2 years of covid, just before people are able to enjoy freedom of movement they're stopped by massive gas prices.

Almost like TPTB want to keep us "locked down" forever so that they can come and go wherever they please without the filthy plebs ruining everything......

 

[thismanlies]

This has to be one of the most tone-deaf thing yet he's doing, lol.

This either proof of the American elites maliciousness, or pure incompetence, and I don't know which scares me more, at this point.

A lot of the terrible shit that happened under communism happened because of incompetence.

 

[FILTH Tourist]

Edit: This made me think of another Obama administration chestnut: Cash for clunkers. The American automobile fleet is on average over 12 years old now. Think they'll spin all the hits?

He he is so out of touch he might, and that would be a huge disaster. Because of the chip shortage many dealerships struggle to get inventory and went from having hundreds in stock a month pre-pandemic to like 20-80 in stock a month.

Practically speaking, is there any other way out of this oil crisis other than to begin the process of greatly increasing domestic production and refining? I realize that wouldn’t help us today, but it’s looking like severe economic pain in the near future is now unavoidable. Is the federal government even capable of long term planning like that at this point?

Nope and Nope. America has lots of extractable oil in places, but we are pretty reserved about exploiting it because of the public's environmental concerns and the government wanting to save it for an emergency. Biden should have reopened the pipeline project and open the box on fuether American oil extraction when the war started. The sanctions on Russia isn't going to end anytime soon and expanding American only not only helps us in the long run but our allies too who are also experiencing fuel shortages.

 

[Confused Doggo]

Buddy of mine was talking to a buddy of his about Biden. Apparently his buddy was watching Biden's SOTU, and he noticed something was weird with Biden's face (besides the fact that he looks like a ghoul).

Keep in mind this is a picture of his TV (if it wasn't obvious). Probably just some weird blur effect, but I figured I'd upload it anyway.

 

[Car Won't Crank]

When the guy who sells himself to any country, who is behind the electric car tells you that you are fucking things...

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Even the EV meme lord himself knows we are still very much in the age of oil/petroleum and that the process of migrating to different sources of energy is a marathon that will take centuries, not on the flip of a switch.

 

[Slappy McGherkin]

Make sure to remember when the primary votes are held, so you can make sure your voice is heard, as little as it can be.

Tempe City Council election today. You bet your sweet ass I voted. It all starts where you live. Make change for what you want it to be.

On my way into drop off wife and I votes, one of the candidates approached me. Introduced herself and we had a good discussion. She ended with "I hope for your vote." I looked her in the face and said "How about two of them?" Went and dropped them off.

Way back to my truck, she called me by name, shook my hand, and thanked me again. This is what makes America great. Know who you're voting for and what they stand for. It all starts in your own backyard.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

Buddy of mine was talking to a buddy of his about Biden. Apparently his buddy was watching Biden's SOTU, and he noticed something was weird with Biden's face (besides the fact that he looks like a ghoul).

Keep in mind this is a picture of his TV (if it wasn't obvious). Probably just some weird blur effect, but I figured I'd upload it anyway.

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Eugh, he looks like a Resident Evil zombie. Hmmmm.....that gives me an idea..........