I kind of hope Biden does this, because it would be hilarious to see how many Democratic members of Congress would lose their jobs over it come November. It would be exactly the type of shoot themselves in the foot action we've come to expect from the Biden administration. |
Yeah sure. It’s not the side that proudly flys actual rebel flags all up in everyones face, huh? |
In light of politics this past year, rebellion is what it’s going to take to right the ship. |
You're utterly delusional. |
+100 People need to be forced to change. That’s the only way you overcome inertia. By making the current status quo untenable. |
None of this is funny. While the two major parties duke things out in their ivory towers, the rest of the country suffers. |
Meh. This will pass. We are going through a global crisis. It will get sorted out. |
I think people forget (or don't about) how much chaos was created by gas rationing in the seventies and it's "moral equivalence to war." |
We obviously survived the gas rationing of the 70’s just fine, didn’t we? There’s no reason it wouldn’t work again. |
No, demand isn't down. If demand were down, gas prices would drop. |
As president, Jimmy Carter did not survive it. |
What exactly worked about it? The 1970s are considered the low point of American life for the last 100+ years. I'm not sure what you want to relive about that. |
Rationing isn't a solution, because it creates all sorts of kinks and funky incentives in the economy. Certain products will disappear overnight as they require hydrocarbons in the manufacturing process. It throws all sorts of wrenches into the supply chain that are difficult to foresee. Plus, you end up creating a powerful black market for additional fuel.
It's better to just let prices rise and let people/businesses make their own choices. The guys who go off-roading every weekend will curtail their activities if prices get too high. The company that relies on plastic packaging will pivot to alternative lower cost forms of packing. Rationing will end up shutting down portions of the economy without rhyme or reason. |
Rationing makes people think of failed and semi-failed states, like Venezuela. I doubt that’s something Biden and the Dems want to be associated with right before the mid-terms. |
If people understand that the purpose of rationing is to punish the oil companies and gas station operators who are gouging prices right now, they’ll be all for it. But the optics of it have to be communicated effectively. People need to understand the point of the rationing is to stabilize prices and limit profiteering by big oil. When they see oil companies as the enemy, they will applaud the administration for going after them. |