$7/gallon gas is coming

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where are all the democrats and liberals who worry about the poor? The working poor, who are being decimated by gas prices? It is not a lofty policy discussion for those people. It’s their life and financial survival being destroyed by inflation, food and gas prices, etc. Every discussion here attacks republicans for not caring for poor families, except this one.

I was just talking about this with my mom. Low wage workers are going to get crushed by these gas prices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where are all the democrats and liberals who worry about the poor? The working poor, who are being decimated by gas prices? It is not a lofty policy discussion for those people. It’s their life and financial survival being destroyed by inflation, food and gas prices, etc. Every discussion here attacks republicans for not caring for poor families, except this one.

Subsidizing oil companies doesn’t do anything for poor people. Public transit, higher minimum wage, childcare assistance, housing assistance, TANF, and a dozen other programs help the working poor.

A substantial portion of the working poor live in suburban or small town areas. Public transit isn't going to do anything for them.

What helps the working poor is not having inflation or being stupid when it came to the Russians.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are going to play whack-a-mole and cut off Russian oil but buy oil from Venezuela again. Extraction economies are inherently corrupt kleptocracies.

Like Norway, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are going to play whack-a-mole and cut off Russian oil but buy oil from Venezuela again. Extraction economies are inherently corrupt kleptocracies.

Like Norway, right?

Norway was Norway before it’s oil boom and is determined to keep it that way. But even there the oil industry is prone to corruption. Their main problem is finding non-corrupt partners.

Norway’s $1.2-Trillion Wealth Fund To Fight Corruption At National Oil Companies
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Norways-12-Trillion-Wealth-Fund-To-Fight-Corruption-At-National-Oil-Companies.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where are all the democrats and liberals who worry about the poor? The working poor, who are being decimated by gas prices? It is not a lofty policy discussion for those people. It’s their life and financial survival being destroyed by inflation, food and gas prices, etc. Every discussion here attacks republicans for not caring for poor families, except this one.

I was just talking about this with my mom. Low wage workers are going to get crushed by these gas prices.

Most of the lowest wage workers do not own cars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where are all the democrats and liberals who worry about the poor? The working poor, who are being decimated by gas prices? It is not a lofty policy discussion for those people. It’s their life and financial survival being destroyed by inflation, food and gas prices, etc. Every discussion here attacks republicans for not caring for poor families, except this one.

Subsidizing oil companies doesn’t do anything for poor people. Public transit, higher minimum wage, childcare assistance, housing assistance, TANF, and a dozen other programs help the working poor.

A substantial portion of the working poor live in suburban or small town areas. Public transit isn't going to do anything for them.

What helps the working poor is not having inflation or being stupid when it came to the Russians.

Please show your math.

[Anonymous]

Low wage workers are the only ones seeing large salary increases

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where are all the democrats and liberals who worry about the poor? The working poor, who are being decimated by gas prices? It is not a lofty policy discussion for those people. It’s their life and financial survival being destroyed by inflation, food and gas prices, etc. Every discussion here attacks republicans for not caring for poor families, except this one.

The GOP doesn’t care about the working poor except as a talking point to bash Democrats, without offering any solutions of their own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where are all the democrats and liberals who worry about the poor? The working poor, who are being decimated by gas prices? It is not a lofty policy discussion for those people. It’s their life and financial survival being destroyed by inflation, food and gas prices, etc. Every discussion here attacks republicans for not caring for poor families, except this one.

The GOP doesn’t care about the working poor except as a talking point to bash Democrats, without offering any solutions of their own.

They do have a solution: trickle down. (We see how well that has worked.)

[Anonymous]

So does the GOP want the federal government to somehow nationalize oil and gas prices?

This is capitalism, folks. the big oil companies are making bank. If you are going to be mad, be mad at them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where are all the democrats and liberals who worry about the poor? The working poor, who are being decimated by gas prices? It is not a lofty policy discussion for those people. It’s their life and financial survival being destroyed by inflation, food and gas prices, etc. Every discussion here attacks republicans for not caring for poor families, except this one.

I was just talking about this with my mom. Low wage workers are going to get crushed by these gas prices.

Most of the lowest wage workers do not own cars.

That's just not true in the DMV. This is one of those things that liberals tell themselves all the time but I actually live near some of the lowest wage workers and yes they do have cars and yes they do drive to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where are all the democrats and liberals who worry about the poor? The working poor, who are being decimated by gas prices? It is not a lofty policy discussion for those people. It’s their life and financial survival being destroyed by inflation, food and gas prices, etc. Every discussion here attacks republicans for not caring for poor families, except this one.

Subsidizing oil companies doesn’t do anything for poor people. Public transit, higher minimum wage, childcare assistance, housing assistance, TANF, and a dozen other programs help the working poor.

A substantial portion of the working poor live in suburban or small town areas. Public transit isn't going to do anything for them.

What helps the working poor is not having inflation or being stupid when it came to the Russians.

Yes, we should just kiss Russia's ass and let them steamroll Europe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So does the GOP want the federal government to somehow nationalize oil and gas prices?

This is capitalism, folks. the big oil companies are making bank. If you are going to be mad, be mad at them.

Yep. Big oil is rolling in dough, laughing all the way to the bank while the little people suffer. Direct all your anger and outrage at them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where are all the democrats and liberals who worry about the poor? The working poor, who are being decimated by gas prices? It is not a lofty policy discussion for those people. It’s their life and financial survival being destroyed by inflation, food and gas prices, etc. Every discussion here attacks republicans for not caring for poor families, except this one.

I was just talking about this with my mom. Low wage workers are going to get crushed by these gas prices.

I don’t think rich liberals remember that huge swathes of the population earn less than 50K and most of those people drive to work. This will be a huge hit for all of us but specifically hit lower income people hard. But I guess those people need to get on the Biden bandwagon and go get an electric car.

[Anonymous]

I think I'm finally beginning to understand what Jake Sullivan meant by "foreign policy for the middle class"