Perspective
Do RESEARCH and help yourself avoid all this fuss!
Man people get a grip! Complaints about Gas prices. Complaints about politicians being too old. Wow y'all need to just take a minute to decide who is the problem then don't forget about it at voting time.
First of all - Term limits for Politicians...
You do know its the voter's fault right? While
I fully agree in term limits at the end of the day its the voter's right to
elect their choice. I (my opinion) don't understand how a Marjorie Taylor
Greene gets into office... BUT its not my place to judge. She doesn't represent
me and obviously does represent a majority percentage of her constituents.
People have the right to vote for their choice and the most votes wins.
So its not these "Old Guys" that are
the issue. Its the voters.
People complained about the election of Trump
in 2016 because he lost the popular vote but won the electoral college.
Fascinating that he lost the popular vote in 2020 AND lost the electoral
college but somehow that is 'different'. Look - it all comes down (except for
the electoral college) to popular vote. Its how America works and I for one
don't have a better system. Next time vote in a person who believes in term
limits and eventually that will happen.
Its all about the voter. OH and please nothing
about voter fraud please. Its been way too long and still no real evidence by
anyone. So just give that a rest.
Now gas Prices... The President does NOT determine gas prices that is based upon price per barrel of oil and is a function of OPEC and other geo-political activity.
For those who know me... You know I love to research. I was curious about Gas Prices with all the posts on here. What I found was interesting. Below is a chart showing:
Average Income Adjusted by Inflation All Americans
Average Income Adjusted by Inflation top 10% Incomes
Average Income Adjusted by Inflation top 1% Incomes
then in dashed lines
Gas Actual Proces
Gas Prices Adjusted for Inflation
All adjustments are to current 2022 Inflation.
For those complaining gas prices are high nationally... You are So very right. Way out of control, But look at the chart deeper. Until this year gas has been coming down as adjusted for inflation.
Also PLEASE REMEMBER that Presidents don't control price per barrel of oil. That is a Geo-political factor beyond ANY PRESIDENT's control.
It took me a while to generate what I thought were unbiased numbers and should you want the data and its several sources I am glad to supply that to you.
Now there are those who just WANT TO blame the President because they didn't vote for him etc. but if you do the deep dive research you'll find that none of that has a net effect on price per barrel. It's a good speak peace for those with biases or political slams for or against a candidate, but no matter how you slice it Geo-political (Opec, Supply Chain etc on global scale) is what does it.
That's why I went back so far to see if Presidents or Parties (Dem or Rep) make a difference...
They don't. There are SO many things that Dems and Reps and Presidents can influence price per barrel of oil is not one of them.
Then people bring up inflation... Well there too it really isn't one guy...
Back to gas...
What I have seen are those people who just dislike a party or person so much that they cannot accept that this isn't a person or party issue. That we NEED to assign blame to someone, so it must be someone we hate. Yes Putin does come to mind but he is the catalyst not the root cause.
Gas prices were already rising before Ukraine... They rise because the price per barrel rises (barring any federal or state tax increases). Who controls the price per barrel?
The answer...
> Traders heavily influence oil prices through bids on futures
contracts. Anyone know who these obscure people are?
NOPE - and they like it that way.
> Bids are based on perceptions of current and future global supply
and demand
> Man-made (Ukraine) and natural crises (Pandemic / supply chain)
make huge impacts on oil prices
This is Capitalism pure and simple... Supply and Demand. Now most of us love Capitalism - I most certainly do - but it gets a bad rap because of greed and avarice of individuals who just need more and more money that they will likely ever need. But - while it bothers me - still no complaint because that is my system of choice.
First lets see what states make the most Oil for the US:
The top five crude oil-producing states and their percentage shares of total U.S. crude oil production in 2019 were
Texas 41.4%
North Dakota 11.6%
New Mexico 7.4%
Oklahoma 4.7%
All Republican governed states... But AGAIN it isn't about party. Who owns the refineries etc.
There are a LOT of variables here but the takeaway I was after is two-fold...
1] Focus your complaints on those responsible
2] And quit blaming those you would like to be responsible because of you bias, dislike, hate, fear whatever.
So people - read more, meme less and do some research. If it is important enough to get upset about its important enough to see if it is WORTH getting upset about.
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