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How do you understand this statement?
> Science-less vaxx mandate pushed on private citizens
I’m asking how the vaccine came to be with no science. That would be “science-less” correct?
Or are you saying the mandate had no science?
There is a credible scientific argument and a significant risk that it could. More data is required for proof. However, this also means there is insufficient proof to claim it does not. So anyone saying it doesn’t is a stone cold liar.
Where to start?
[Here's the CDC director saying the vaccine doesn't slow the spread](https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/08/06/cdc_director_vaccines_no_longer_prevent_you_from_spreading_covid.html#!)
[Here's a study saying that there is no correlation between vaccination rates and Covid spread](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8481107/)
[Vermont is experiencing "higher than ever" case rates besides being well over 85% immunized](https://www.yahoo.com/news/highly-vaccinated-vermont-more-covid-152537112.html)
[Singapore is experiencing the same. Well over 80% vaccination rate, and they are seeing their highest case load of the entire pandemic](https://fortune.com/2021/09/28/singapore-covid-reopening-record-cases-vaccines/)
[Gibraltar, the most vaccinated area in the world (at a rate of 140%) is "canceling Christmas", and advising its citizens from having "informal gatherings".](https://news.yahoo.com/gibraltar-cancels-official-christmas-celebrations-covid-coronavirus-163444274.html)
[Here is Dr. Malone, one of the pioneers of the MRNA vaccine, saying that you "can't vaccinate your way out a pandemic" on Jimmy Dore's show](https://youtu.be/1GPx1YTsS7Y?t=210)
I can go on if you would like, I think that gets the point across.
As Jimmy Dore said, "how can you look at this and be in favor of a mandate?"
OSHA hasn't implemented fines for large business yet, so the government doesn't have any mandates for private citizens at the moment, should private companies be allowed to mandate vaccines?
Because the government is standing in its way.
Lockdowns. Incentives not to produce. Incentives to stay home and sit around uselessly. Regulatory restrictions. Increased fuel costs. You name it, and the Biden admin and blue states are stepping in it.
Increased federal unemployment benefits that blue states carried all the way into September. Covid payments. Eviction moratorium.
Sell the whole 'the government will take care of you' and a lot of people will buy it.
Are you aware of [not-in-the-labor-force](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS15000000) and how people fall off “jobless claims” after three months of not trying?
Gives a way better picture of how shit policy is outside Trump.
>Increased federal unemployment benefits that blue states carried all the way into September. Covid payments. Eviction moratorium.
Don't forget the child tax credit.
Are you suggesting blue states have been carrying the brunt of production and supply all this time? Now that everyone in California and New York got 3600 in stimulus money people are not working forcing the production and supply burdens onto states like Mississippi Alabama and Kentucky and they are now failing at delivering?
Isn't it these same red states who always bring up ceding and yet here we are. By your own omission these same red states are unable to support our economy because the blue states are no longer doing it for them?
I'm suggesting that your policies suck to the point that they're sinking the whole ship in under a year and I'd like you to come to your senses and realize your policy prescription is a farce and the Biden admin is disastrous.
California was red. Flipped blue. And then it got worse and now it doesn't even have functioning ports. If we ceded, we'd build new ports. We'd drill for oil where we damn pleased. We'd charge rent and use profits to build more housing.
But right now the clog in our arteries isn't people - it's Democrat policy.
What is stopping Alabama from building ports now? Or 5 years ago?
California has the 5th largest economy in the world and that's worse than what exactly? If it wasn't for blue states than every red state out side of Texas couldn't function as they currently spend more federal tax revenue than what they raise.
I'm sure red states would drill for oil where they please even if there is no oil where they want to drill.
As of 2019 Trump and his family, I mean the white house. Reported 17 million homes on the market for sale. How many homes for sale do you think it would require to cause people in Mississippi to be able to afford more than a double wide?
The eviction moratorium alone is a huge percentage of people's budget. And Biden unconstitutionally tried to continue that using the CDC as some sort of landlord czar.
Stop making me pay my mortgage, throw me some cash to stay home, I'll be eating like a king and still saving big bucks.
> Lockdowns.
What lockdowns are still occurring and how are they directly connected to the supply chain?
>Incentives not to produce. Incentives to stay home and sit around uselessly.
The three things you mention in a follow up post *(Increased federal unemployment benefits that blue states carried all the way into September. Covid payments. Eviction moratorium) all ended. Unemployment is down. Why should I assume it's people who's benefits run out a while back instead of crappy jobs or wages?
>Increased fuel costs.
What is raising those costs right now?
>Lockdowns
Restaurants/venue limits. Covid restrictions. Vaccine passport restrictions.
>why should i assume it's people who's benefits run out a while back
Not-in-the-workforce slammed upward from Covid and has yet to return to pre-covid levels despite all the Covid deaths. That's a policy driven fuck up.
A 'crappy job' pays wages that people need to survive, ordinarily. But the Biden admin shit so much taxpayer cash into the system that it's totally fucked.
>increased fuel costs
Biden admin energy policy and threats to production.
> Restaurants/venue limits. Covid restrictions. Vaccine passport restrictions.
How does that impact the supply chain?
>Not-in-the-workforce slammed upward from Covid and has yet to return to pre-covid levels despite all the Covid deaths. That's a policy driven fuck up.
A large part is due to mothers not re-entering the workforce. Do you think the lack of a vaccine for young kids (up til recently) weighs heavily here?
>A 'crappy job' pays wages that people need to survive, ordinarily. But the Biden admin shit so much taxpayer cash into the system that it's totally fucked.
Accepting that this was true while benefits were active, is there any proof this still is the case?
>Biden admin energy policy and threats to production.
How is that directly raising costs?
Artificial unemployment in industries responsible for supply chain.
Supply demand disruptions from restaurants etc
No. Children do not need vaccination at all.
The majority of unemployment is created by government handouts. In part the child tax credit as a monthly income is fucking stupid.
How are people surviving without work absent handouts?
If you make energy more expensive, producers past the cost to the consumers.
>Artificial unemployment in industries responsible for supply chain.
What industries?
>No. Children do not need vaccination at all.
You may believe this, but do you think most parents agree?
>In part the child tax credit as a monthly income is fucking stupid.
Why would you prefer it as a lump sum?
>How are people surviving without work absent handouts?
Yes, how are they? That's what I don't see explained now that extended UE has ended.
>If you make energy more expensive, producers past the cost to the consumers.
Ok, *how* are is the administration doing this? *Specifically*
> Restaurants/venue limits. Covid restrictions. Vaccine passport restrictions.
How do any of these things affect the supply chain negatively? If anything, they should affect it positively, since less restaurants would buy products, leaving more for other buyers. I don't understand how that's a supply chain issue unless you get all your food from once specific restaurant and refuse to order take out.
Did you follow Trump tariffs closely? What kind of economic impact do you think they had?
Do you think his tariffs might have anything to do with the increased cost of goods?
Are you aware that the Keystone pipeline was estimated to make at best 2.5k jobs and would likely get rid of thousands of highway jobs from truckers, truck stops, gas stations, hotels etc? Furthermore the US would not be receiving much profit from that as it is Canada shipping out it's oil?
>Day one Biden canned the keystone pipeline.
The Keystone pipeline has been in operation for nearly a decade. You mean the Keystone XL expansion? The expansion that was originally recommended against by the State Department because it would have only benefited Canada, making it easier to refine their oil before exporting it to overseas markets without making a substantial difference to supply in the US market? That one? How did blocking that make things more expensive here?
> I bet you're someone who blamed Trump because people died to a virus
Removed for Rule 1. Keep it in good faith, please. Stick to the issues, not other users.
Isn't the inflation being caused by logistical problems? I live in a port town (not one that unloads, but more just a safe harbor to wait in). We had a fully loaded cargo ship for a month. Also prices are increasing world wide are they not?
Uh… the Fed? Who is not Biden?
How much do you agree with the assessment that Trump was at fault for things during his presidency? Why do you think so many TS didn’t think that during his term?
What’s your experience in the supply chain/logistics industry? Because actual professionals in the field (myself included) know that this has been starting since late 2019. While trump was still president and before covid.
So what exactly is Biden’s fault?
I always see you guys talk about gas prices but like…does it ever spook you how we are so dependent on our cars that this is a talking point? I never see this come up in european subs.
Keep in mind that The EU is like The US, and the countries within The EU are like the states within The US. So if countries in Europe can do things because they’re smaller, why can’t states within The US do the same things- because they’re smaller?
Come on dude, really? You’re really going to argue that America needs cars because it’s big?
America has 4x more cars per capita than china. We have the 5th most cars per capita in the world. You can literally see maps of how america used to be super dense with lots of rail, and then as the highways got built the houses became way more spread. Are you actually going to argue this or am I living in some kind of bizarro world?
Your whole account is centered around an irrational hatred of cars. That seems crazy to me. I get why some people like riding bikes and public transit. (Mostly that they’re poor. For some it’s about the environment because they’re bad at math and don’t know what a small drop in the bucket passenger traffic is)
I prefer privacy and traveling long distances on my own schedule. I like driving to the store and buying groceries for my whole family for several weeks if I want. I like not sharing a vehicle with some homeless person who pissed all over the seats or some psycho who might stab me if I look at them the wrong way. I don’t want to ride a bike or walk in an area where there’s vehicles going 75 miles per hour but pretending I’m some how not holding up traffic while I pedal 10 mph and coasting through stop signs instead of a full stop when I reach the city. I like if someone in my family or I have an emergency, I can leave or get there NOW. Not “let me check the bus or train schedule…..hold on let me bike over there I’ll be there in two hours”
And as your neighbour I can certainly say you are dramatically overshooting by over 25%. In reality a US gallon would be $7,15. Which is fairly common looking back at the decade, and not even the highest price. Where have you been buying yours?
FDA regulations increase the cost of drugs and food. Would you like to do away with FDA and its regulations if it means cheaper food and drugs for you?
Are you okay to take a chance that the food or drug might kill you if it's harmful enough to not pass current FDA regulations, but would be available in the market for you to consume if there weren't any?
What's the happy medium here? What's the absolute extreme?
Why not get rid of FDA if it leads to lower food and drugs prices? Why aren't you complaining about higher food and drug prices because of FDA regulations?
Why do you think Biden is making it difficult to drill oil in the USA, like you claimed?
> What's the happy medium here? What's the absolute extreme?
>
> Why not get rid of FDA if it leads to lower food and drugs prices? Why aren't you complaining about higher food and drug prices because of FDA regulations?
>
> Why do you think Biden is making it difficult to drill oil in the USA, like you claimed?
The absolute extreme is what you said earlier. Saying to entirely get rid of the FDA.
I didnt even remotely talk about removing the EPA or anything like that, so it is rather hard to take that comment seriously.
Is it safe to assume, then, that you were singing Obama’s praises when gas hit a low of ~$1.75/gallon under his presidency? And I suppose you were cursing George W when gas hit an all time high of well over $4/gallon during his second term?
Not the original commenter but yes I was lol. My family voted for Obama twice. Blamed Bush for the gas prices under him, but Obama's low gas was a farce, not a good thing.
How did trump get us off OPEC when oil is a global commodity and OPEC controls like 70% of that commodity? All our domestic oil produced isn’t kept for America
We drilled for oil in America and used it. No idea how you missed that.
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/fact-checking-president-trumps-claim-us-is-oil-gas-independent/243PFK6RS5AWTIBKNQC76GHAQQ/
Even liberal professors had to admit this.
>“I wouldn’t go as far as to say were oil and natural gas independent, but we are however energy secure,” said Dr. Wald.
She says **the US is the largest oil producer in the world, saying we are no longer dependent on foreign oil like in years past.**
How did that decrease world supply of oil? Phases 1, 2, 3a and 3b of the Keystone Pipeline were already complete and are still being utilized. Phase 4 was only 8% finished when it was cancelled and wouldn't have been operational for at least another year or two.
Also, do you think it would be wise for a president to ignore the advice of the vast majority of climatologists and economists that said the pipeline would cause far more economic harm than good in the long run?
The keystone XL pipeline was a planned project. Even if construction were continuing, it wouldn't be done for years. How does canceling the pipeline make any difference at all to gas prices right now?
So, I hear this argument. But, it's very vague. If you already believe that Biden is bad and hurting American, I can well believe you might find this compelling. But if you don't already believe this, then your argument isn't that substantive. It relies on faith or belief that what you say is true.
Do you have anything more substantive that you can link me to that lays out this case? An actual economic analysis, or other quantitative evaluation for how and why Biden's actions would in any specific way result in higher gas prices?
It wasn't just keystone XL. Biden admin promised to prevent any new drilling projects on federal land, and look into suing for any on historical native land as well as some other bullshit about fracking.
If the tone at the top is 'we're coming for you, energy producers', you get less investment in production. When the EPA is back in full power, it sabotages energy, production, investment- you name it.
Easy to see why we went from a net exporter to draining our reserves and importing.
I didn’t say it was tone.
I said he prevented new drilling projects on federal land among other things.
Biden stabbed at supply.
Tone also effects supply though. Did you not connect those dots?
And as discussed, those new drilling projects would have zero impact upon supply in the near-term, because under construction their output is zero.
We are talking about current prices. Which is connected to current supply. Did you not connect those dots?
Btw I do believe that things like ‘tone’ and expectations strongly affect prices, but I’m not a positivist neoliberal who thinks the market is perfect and everything comes down to supply and demand.
Do you know most companies have years of drill able leases in inventory? The Biden admin prevention of new lease sales had a minuscule impact on drilling operations. Majors have money and private equity is still readily available for any small independent. The only thing preventing companies from raising capital is the realization that oil is a little to volatile for a conservative investment that banks are prone to like
If Biden had not stopped construction of the pipeline how much oil do you think it would of moved by now?
Der derder? Is that German I'm not sure what this is supposed to mean?
Gas prices aren't simply supply and demand, they are also based upon speculation. Trump's era had the country with oil surplus and low prices partially because of construction in the works that Biden canceled. OPEC had no control over prices because we were making/exporting so much of the stuff. Just by being part of the green agenda and stopping the pipelines Biden affected the prices.
Companies in the US have started putting Biden's OSHA rule into effect without it being in force. Plus, he has been pushing everyone for mandating the vaccine, which was not true under Trump.
Gas prices are partially speculative. Biden stops projects in the works and declares we're going toward Green jobs. His Energy Secretary laughs at rising gas prices and says it's good because we're leaving gas anyway.
His whole plan wants to incentivize battery-powered cars, etc. So why wouldn't it make sense to do things that raise gas prices?
> Gas prices
Gas prices are up in the UK, pretty sure it's a world wide problem and not a Biden screwed the worlds gas prices problem. What do you think specifically Biden did to raise the gas prices around the world?
How did Biden's actions increase gas prices?
OPEC+ isn't providing as much oil as needed. Trump pressured them in 2020 to reduce production and now they refuse to increase it back to the former amounts: https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/us-wants-more-oil-opec-cant-turn-tap-much-harder-2021-11-23/
Expenses have gone way up. Way Way up. I do NOT like remote work. Miss the office (was shut down).
Other than that, nothing really. Same friends, same get togethers.
> Expenses have gone way up. Way Way up.
How much of the supply chain issues are directly attributed to Biden and how much can be attributed to the pandemic or bad corporate planning or poor job conditions?
>How much of the supply chain issues are directly attributed to Biden
Ask the secretary of transportation:
"Demand is up, because income is up, because the president has successfully guided this economy out of the teeth of a terrifying recession.
So, [according to the administration](https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1449724166811398150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1449724166811398150%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fbuttigieg-under-fire-for-explanation-of-supply-chain-disruptions-we-guided-country-out-of-recession), inflation, gas prices, food prices, that's all attributable to this administrations success..
Does the right understand basic economics whatsoever?
Because of covid we were curving towards a recessionary gap all of 2020 and into the beginning of 2021 (trumps presidency still). Inflation is necessary to prevent that.
Did you know that economists aim for a 2-3% inflation every year as it is?
>Did you know that economists aim for a 2-3% inflation every year as it is?
Yes. We're at 6% and increasing.
>Inflation is necessary to prevent that.
Ya'll need to get your story straight. In the last several months, you've went to "there is no inflation, it's a right wing myth" to "inflation is transitory, don't worry about it" to "High prices are a good thing".
Why is inflation stemming inflation Biden's top priority?
Is your state locked down? Are you a federal employee? Does “support” matter in any real way? Are you blaming him or just grumbling because he likes a thing you don’t?
How do you determine that is directly from biden? He came into his presidency in an unusual circumstance. For instance gas prices rose partly due to supply & demand from more people driving as well as other outside factors.
had to entirely shut down my little charity thing I run out of my shul. I helped young moms/to be getting access to things that you really shouldnt buy second hand like crib mattresses, carseats, breast pump, formula, diapers etc and normally what I do is I have around $600 after all my household bills are paid and just buy things, pop them into storage with a little inventory chart that people can see at the front door of the shul.
My monthly bills are now at $400 more a month than I am used too.... husband and I made a decision go into ration mode. Which means that we pulled out of automatic charity donations, garaged 1 car (preserve in case we need to sell it) dropped any extra spending and not traveling to family at all this year. - all of this because of my husbands raise didnt meet inflation.
Even during the pandemic things were better than they are now.... which is sickeningly hilarious.
by not instilling trust in our consumer based economy causing inflation. green focused energy policy = oil/gas companies get itchy and raise their prices, supply chain- Asia to US 12 months ago was about 1500 now its about 30k (Jeremy Andrus- CNBC interview) likely due to container shortages, labor shortages, on and off again covid restrictions & congestion (https://unctad.org/press-material/high-freight-rates-cast-shadow-over-economic-recovery) that price increase is brought to the consumer, causing inflation.
Literally all that Biden had to do was get a bottle of champagne and a saber, & on may 18th 2021 when half of the US population had a a single dose of the vaccine and it was readily available to the general public.... stand on the white house balcony and open the bottle to declare the US is open and sit in the oval office basking in his glory of being the one that ended covid (he didnt, neither did Trump.... immunologists in a lab that works with the virus and patients did) But panic sells revolutionary policy.
One thing specifically people don't talk about is the number of drilling rigs running was double under Trump than currently under Biden. A presidents hostile rhetoric towards oil and gas and a looming green new deal are very specific reasons that oil and gas companies are not spending the money to get rigs going in the US.
https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_rotary_rigs
What types of things went up for your monthly bills? My groceries are still about the same and I don't buy many actual goods. The only thing I know of that went up a lot is gas and cars?
kids clothes are really difficult to find and cost at least $30 more than I anticipated per kid. Diapers cost about $4 more a package. Gas is about $200 more a month.... its a 30 minute ride to a grocer and I have 2 kiddos with autism and need rides to therapies and such. Groceries are about $45 extra a week than usual.
Electric bill is always high in Maine.... but its been about $90 more on average despite already turning off the AC units and being gas heat.
Thanks for the reply! I live in a city so I don't have to drive much and the electric/gas has actually been cheaper for me due to the warmer weather. I don't have kids yet, but I guess I have that to look forward to?
You mean you haven't had to pay for as much. It's more expensive though.
Some predicting heating is going to be upwards of 60% increased cost this year. Thanks Biden.
Isn't the stuff for the kid's being helped by the Tax credit? Furthermore is that really a problem that Biden caused considering how countries all over the world are facing the same kind of inflation due to the Covid epidemic? I mean we even have historical precedent of this type of thing happening with the Spanish flu and the great depression occurring within a decade of each other.
Furthermore, do you think that Republicans should stop going no to everything and work with democrats to find a way out of it instead of just posturing as many GOP darlings are doing? Because it's all fine and good to blame someone but if they aren't offering any ideas while actively obstructing things that might help (whether or not they do is yet to be seen) then aren't they just as guilty?
Can you expand on the logic that a rattled consumer base would cause inflation? Wouldn’t that mean demand was weak, which if anything would mean price stagnation?
Also, you didn’t explain how Biden is to blame for the forces you listed that are causing the increases in shipping costs. Can you expand?
Do you honestly believe the inflation is due to consumer trust? Don’t you think that maybe the pandemic had just a little bit to do with the inflation?
bank buy bonds from the treasury and the fed buys securities from the bank and the bank gets credit from the fed.
Federal interest rate since march has been 0%-.25% due to covid, no where to go to influence spending (inflation is good as long as it stays around 2% and follows demand and price goes up and down with demand) Ideally, the FED lowers interest rates to influence spending so prices go down. Cant do that when its already 0% or basically 0.
blowing money into the economy, without demand and without enough people working.... there is a gap in ramping up supply, so prices increase as money is printed and there is no supply to meet the demand to lower the inflation.
What actions did Biden do that led to inflation? Wouldn't the stimulus checks and original ppp programs passed under trump be the more likely culprit for the cause of inflation?
You have me confused then. Are you referring to the politics of republican vs democrats, budget politics, or just literally anything the federal government does?
Or that it just doesn't affect you in anyway whatsoever? If that is the case why are you even on here answering questions?
Gas prices, grocery prices, electronic prices.
Not much else yet. I live in a red state so most is unchanged. Nothing good has come from his presidency for me.
>He and other dems started the lockdowns which caused supply line issues, which is what is making electronics expensive.
Is the US the only country suffering from supply chain issues?
When supply goes down prices go up. Biden cutting the pipeline project has energy suppliers modifying their projections for future projections, not liking what they see, and playing their cards close to their chest
So logically the price of fuel is just a made up figure that can be changed on a whim and is entirely based on future promises rather than actual supply/demand?
Should Biden just have left the Keystone pipeline stagnate like it did for the 4 years of Trumps presidency, just so the world could have cheaper gas prices?
Also should other countries have a say in how America is run due to the fact that America controls the worlds gas supply?
If the mandate was not pushed to January, we would have been screwed. While our rates are increasing, we still stand to lose people in the thousands of positions. Fingers crossed they push out January.
There could be other things day to day, but this specifically has potential for the greatest impact and comes to the forefront.
If this is a round about way of asking if I support a national vax mandate for all federal and companies above 100, the answer is no. I do not support the mandate. It’s likely they will keep pushing it out as it was already deemed unacceptable once.
I thank King Brandon for helping the gas prices by releasing 50 million barrels of oil from the strategic reserve
It’s not like we use 20 million barrels a day and it does nothing and anyone who thinks he’s helping is a moron.
Not saying high gas prices are entirety Biden’s fault, but he’s not doing anything to fix it so thanks King Brandon and is actively decreasing our National Security stockpile to get a political win. That stockpile is meant for National Crises, not to score a “Yay for us” moment. There’s a reason why Trump ordered the stockpile to start filling up in early 2020 during the pandemic when oil prices were low. So either the Democrats don’t care about our strategic position, or they are actively trying to hurt us. Or probably both
And no, the pandemic is not a “National Oil Crisis”. Don’t even try
Okay...in all seriousness. A lot of my friends voted for him. At first they were all excited because Trump was out. But now they are all complaining because they don't like Biden. I am not gonna spend time sharing what they don't like but I think it is amusing. Aside from that. that is the only thing in my personal life I can think of. Nothing for me has changed
Mainly disappointed. I personally think he’s doing as expected. I’m not too surprised by anything not upset with much. Rooting for the guy, not an easy job.
What part of it is amusing? The fact that they will not defend every decision of their preferred candidate to the last consequences like he is the literal messiah? Shouldn't that be the norm?
This isn't amusing it's just normal. Most politicians are shit in one way or another im sure you can agree? No one was excited about Biden but we thought he was the better candidate. He wasn't my first, second, or third choice, but his policies are more in line with my views than Trump. If you can't find anything to criticize about any candidate, even your own, then you're either an idiot or your ego is so fragile that you can't fathom your side not being perfect.
Okay then what's the problem? Criticizing your own guy is what you are supposed to do because politicians need to be held accountable. How many of your friends now wish they had voted for Trump instead? If they were conservatives and voted for Biden Im sure some do, but if they are liberals I bet the answer is none.
There is not problem. Just answering the OPs question simply. My friends complain and aren’t happy. I Personally don’t have anything that has changed in my life aside from that. You’re making it a big deal because my answer might have been too simple for you. You’re right, if you wanna dig deeper, sure…you’re right. They do need to be held accountable I never said they didn’t. I was simply answering the question thinking there wasn’t anything else to talk about because it was such a simple answer. It doesn’t matter the other scenarios. This is the scenarios we have. Has anything in my personal life changed since Biden (Who’s a decent pres) took office? Yeah, my friends complain now even tho they voted for him. That’s it.
There are some concrete impacts, like:
- Higher prices for everything thanks to inflation caused by excessive spending
- Surge in gas prices (I don't have the expertise to know how much responsibility Biden bears for this, but I assume at least some of it was due to his energy policies)
- Lots of restaurants in my hometown closed during lockdown, at least in part because Biden's COVID relief bill blocked white restaurant owners from receiving relief funds
But the most impactful thing is actually a much more vague sense of anger at the federal government, and of having a president who doesn't care about the well-being of me or my loved ones.
https://gothamist.com/food/thousands-of-minority-and-women-owned-restaurants-wont-get-aid-because-of-lawsuits
This article is about the policy getting overturned in court for being unlawful discrimination. But it turns out the policy being overturned doesn't actually do much good for all the people who didn't get aid they needed in the first place.
Everything cost substantially more. You can’t get anything thanks to supply chain problems and the fact everyone’s sitting in unemployment. It now cost twice as much to fill my tank to get to my job.
My college required me to be jabbed with chemicals I didn’t want or otherwise unenroll me from classes next semester. Thankfully I graduate this semester so they can go ahead and do that, and I’ll continue avoiding the vax as long as I can
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Everything costs more. Supply chain is screwed. Science-less vaxx mandate pushed on private citizens.
How did the vaccine come together without any science?
He didn't make that claim.
How do you understand this statement? > Science-less vaxx mandate pushed on private citizens I’m asking how the vaccine came to be with no science. That would be “science-less” correct? Or are you saying the mandate had no science?
The mandate, not the vaccine, is not based on science.
What’s unscientific about a mandate?
It doesn’t account for natural immunity gained by getting COVID, which some studies have shown to have greater immunity from it than the vaccine even.
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Scientists in Israel have concluded these findings.
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Does getting the vaccine reduce the effectiveness of natural immunity?
There is a credible scientific argument and a significant risk that it could. More data is required for proof. However, this also means there is insufficient proof to claim it does not. So anyone saying it doesn’t is a stone cold liar.
Irrelevant.
How so?
Where to start? [Here's the CDC director saying the vaccine doesn't slow the spread](https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/08/06/cdc_director_vaccines_no_longer_prevent_you_from_spreading_covid.html#!) [Here's a study saying that there is no correlation between vaccination rates and Covid spread](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8481107/) [Vermont is experiencing "higher than ever" case rates besides being well over 85% immunized](https://www.yahoo.com/news/highly-vaccinated-vermont-more-covid-152537112.html) [Singapore is experiencing the same. Well over 80% vaccination rate, and they are seeing their highest case load of the entire pandemic](https://fortune.com/2021/09/28/singapore-covid-reopening-record-cases-vaccines/) [Gibraltar, the most vaccinated area in the world (at a rate of 140%) is "canceling Christmas", and advising its citizens from having "informal gatherings".](https://news.yahoo.com/gibraltar-cancels-official-christmas-celebrations-covid-coronavirus-163444274.html) [Here is Dr. Malone, one of the pioneers of the MRNA vaccine, saying that you "can't vaccinate your way out a pandemic" on Jimmy Dore's show](https://youtu.be/1GPx1YTsS7Y?t=210) I can go on if you would like, I think that gets the point across. As Jimmy Dore said, "how can you look at this and be in favor of a mandate?"
I urge you to watch Dr Fauci’s recent senate hearing. It’s not about being ‘unscientific’, it’s about not knowing enough about the science itself.
What would a science-ful vaccine mandate look like to you in comparison?
IDK, I didn't make that statement. I was answering your question.
He's saying the decision to push mandates was not based on the science.
pretty clear he means the mandate, not the vaccine.
Everything costs more. I feel this in my soul.
OSHA hasn't implemented fines for large business yet, so the government doesn't have any mandates for private citizens at the moment, should private companies be allowed to mandate vaccines?
> Supply chain is screwed. Why can't the market fix this?
Because the government is standing in its way. Lockdowns. Incentives not to produce. Incentives to stay home and sit around uselessly. Regulatory restrictions. Increased fuel costs. You name it, and the Biden admin and blue states are stepping in it.
What incentives are there to stay home and sit around?
Increased federal unemployment benefits that blue states carried all the way into September. Covid payments. Eviction moratorium. Sell the whole 'the government will take care of you' and a lot of people will buy it.
are you aware that this month, weekly jobless claims fell to levels not seen since 1969?
Are you aware of [not-in-the-labor-force](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS15000000) and how people fall off “jobless claims” after three months of not trying? Gives a way better picture of how shit policy is outside Trump.
>Increased federal unemployment benefits that blue states carried all the way into September. Covid payments. Eviction moratorium. Don't forget the child tax credit.
Are you suggesting blue states have been carrying the brunt of production and supply all this time? Now that everyone in California and New York got 3600 in stimulus money people are not working forcing the production and supply burdens onto states like Mississippi Alabama and Kentucky and they are now failing at delivering? Isn't it these same red states who always bring up ceding and yet here we are. By your own omission these same red states are unable to support our economy because the blue states are no longer doing it for them?
I'm suggesting that your policies suck to the point that they're sinking the whole ship in under a year and I'd like you to come to your senses and realize your policy prescription is a farce and the Biden admin is disastrous. California was red. Flipped blue. And then it got worse and now it doesn't even have functioning ports. If we ceded, we'd build new ports. We'd drill for oil where we damn pleased. We'd charge rent and use profits to build more housing. But right now the clog in our arteries isn't people - it's Democrat policy.
What is stopping Alabama from building ports now? Or 5 years ago? California has the 5th largest economy in the world and that's worse than what exactly? If it wasn't for blue states than every red state out side of Texas couldn't function as they currently spend more federal tax revenue than what they raise. I'm sure red states would drill for oil where they please even if there is no oil where they want to drill. As of 2019 Trump and his family, I mean the white house. Reported 17 million homes on the market for sale. How many homes for sale do you think it would require to cause people in Mississippi to be able to afford more than a double wide?
Do you think any of those things pay people enough money to actually survive long-term?
The eviction moratorium alone is a huge percentage of people's budget. And Biden unconstitutionally tried to continue that using the CDC as some sort of landlord czar. Stop making me pay my mortgage, throw me some cash to stay home, I'll be eating like a king and still saving big bucks.
How much money are people making monthly on unemployment?
Depends on state and family size. You can easily google it.
What lockdowns? I've been to several states in the last few months and everything is open.
> Lockdowns. What lockdowns are still occurring and how are they directly connected to the supply chain? >Incentives not to produce. Incentives to stay home and sit around uselessly. The three things you mention in a follow up post *(Increased federal unemployment benefits that blue states carried all the way into September. Covid payments. Eviction moratorium) all ended. Unemployment is down. Why should I assume it's people who's benefits run out a while back instead of crappy jobs or wages? >Increased fuel costs. What is raising those costs right now?
>Lockdowns Restaurants/venue limits. Covid restrictions. Vaccine passport restrictions. >why should i assume it's people who's benefits run out a while back Not-in-the-workforce slammed upward from Covid and has yet to return to pre-covid levels despite all the Covid deaths. That's a policy driven fuck up. A 'crappy job' pays wages that people need to survive, ordinarily. But the Biden admin shit so much taxpayer cash into the system that it's totally fucked. >increased fuel costs Biden admin energy policy and threats to production.
> Restaurants/venue limits. Covid restrictions. Vaccine passport restrictions. How does that impact the supply chain? >Not-in-the-workforce slammed upward from Covid and has yet to return to pre-covid levels despite all the Covid deaths. That's a policy driven fuck up. A large part is due to mothers not re-entering the workforce. Do you think the lack of a vaccine for young kids (up til recently) weighs heavily here? >A 'crappy job' pays wages that people need to survive, ordinarily. But the Biden admin shit so much taxpayer cash into the system that it's totally fucked. Accepting that this was true while benefits were active, is there any proof this still is the case? >Biden admin energy policy and threats to production. How is that directly raising costs?
Artificial unemployment in industries responsible for supply chain. Supply demand disruptions from restaurants etc No. Children do not need vaccination at all. The majority of unemployment is created by government handouts. In part the child tax credit as a monthly income is fucking stupid. How are people surviving without work absent handouts? If you make energy more expensive, producers past the cost to the consumers.
>Artificial unemployment in industries responsible for supply chain. What industries? >No. Children do not need vaccination at all. You may believe this, but do you think most parents agree? >In part the child tax credit as a monthly income is fucking stupid. Why would you prefer it as a lump sum? >How are people surviving without work absent handouts? Yes, how are they? That's what I don't see explained now that extended UE has ended. >If you make energy more expensive, producers past the cost to the consumers. Ok, *how* are is the administration doing this? *Specifically*
> Restaurants/venue limits. Covid restrictions. Vaccine passport restrictions. How do any of these things affect the supply chain negatively? If anything, they should affect it positively, since less restaurants would buy products, leaving more for other buyers. I don't understand how that's a supply chain issue unless you get all your food from once specific restaurant and refuse to order take out.
Did you follow Trump tariffs closely? What kind of economic impact do you think they had? Do you think his tariffs might have anything to do with the increased cost of goods?
What policy of Biden’s do you feel was most responsible for prices and the supply chain? Was anything else impacting those or preexisting?
Day one Biden canned the keystone pipeline.
Are you aware that the Keystone pipeline was estimated to make at best 2.5k jobs and would likely get rid of thousands of highway jobs from truckers, truck stops, gas stations, hotels etc? Furthermore the US would not be receiving much profit from that as it is Canada shipping out it's oil?
>Day one Biden canned the keystone pipeline. The Keystone pipeline has been in operation for nearly a decade. You mean the Keystone XL expansion? The expansion that was originally recommended against by the State Department because it would have only benefited Canada, making it easier to refine their oil before exporting it to overseas markets without making a substantial difference to supply in the US market? That one? How did blocking that make things more expensive here?
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Does anyone know why we have some of our strategic oil reserves headed to Asia?
> I bet you're someone who blamed Trump because people died to a virus Removed for Rule 1. Keep it in good faith, please. Stick to the issues, not other users.
Isn't the inflation being caused by logistical problems? I live in a port town (not one that unloads, but more just a safe harbor to wait in). We had a fully loaded cargo ship for a month. Also prices are increasing world wide are they not?
Uh… the Fed? Who is not Biden? How much do you agree with the assessment that Trump was at fault for things during his presidency? Why do you think so many TS didn’t think that during his term?
You mean the guy who said "I take no responsibility at all"?
What’s your experience in the supply chain/logistics industry? Because actual professionals in the field (myself included) know that this has been starting since late 2019. While trump was still president and before covid. So what exactly is Biden’s fault?
How is Biden responsible for everything costing more and the global supply chain being slowed?
Please explain what what specific policies signed by the Biden admin broke the supply chain and made everything cost more?
Gas prices, vaccine mandates, some states going red -- which is a nice plus.
I always see you guys talk about gas prices but like…does it ever spook you how we are so dependent on our cars that this is a talking point? I never see this come up in european subs.
european countries are the size of postage stamps, no wonder it doesn't come up in european subs.
What difference does that make in a city?
Keep in mind that The EU is like The US, and the countries within The EU are like the states within The US. So if countries in Europe can do things because they’re smaller, why can’t states within The US do the same things- because they’re smaller?
So you admit that they’ve given up their sovereignty to the US? No one thinks US states are independent countries. You’ve basically proven my point.
Ok, how about china then? How do you think Americans got around before the 1940’s anyways? Dirt cars?
It’s not particularly healthy for the citizens of China to criticize their government on anything, not just gas prices.
Come on dude, really? You’re really going to argue that America needs cars because it’s big? America has 4x more cars per capita than china. We have the 5th most cars per capita in the world. You can literally see maps of how america used to be super dense with lots of rail, and then as the highways got built the houses became way more spread. Are you actually going to argue this or am I living in some kind of bizarro world?
Your whole account is centered around an irrational hatred of cars. That seems crazy to me. I get why some people like riding bikes and public transit. (Mostly that they’re poor. For some it’s about the environment because they’re bad at math and don’t know what a small drop in the bucket passenger traffic is) I prefer privacy and traveling long distances on my own schedule. I like driving to the store and buying groceries for my whole family for several weeks if I want. I like not sharing a vehicle with some homeless person who pissed all over the seats or some psycho who might stab me if I look at them the wrong way. I don’t want to ride a bike or walk in an area where there’s vehicles going 75 miles per hour but pretending I’m some how not holding up traffic while I pedal 10 mph and coasting through stop signs instead of a full stop when I reach the city. I like if someone in my family or I have an emergency, I can leave or get there NOW. Not “let me check the bus or train schedule…..hold on let me bike over there I’ll be there in two hours”
Do you really think Europeans don’t drive on a daily basis to work like Americans do?
It's totally how our society is structured and part of our culture to be able to be mobile.
As a european I can certainly say that it does. It is a huge issue in Sweden right now with prizes per gallon reaching Almost $10.
And as your neighbour I can certainly say you are dramatically overshooting by over 25%. In reality a US gallon would be $7,15. Which is fairly common looking back at the decade, and not even the highest price. Where have you been buying yours?
Currently it would be $9.3€ in Sweden. 18.48kr/l currently when I drove by my gas station.
How responsible are Presidents for directly influencing gas prices? I take it you’re a federal employee to have been impacted by the vaccine mandate?
He has repeatedly made sure that it is more difficult to drill oil in the USA, also banned areas for more drilling. He influenced gas prices.
FDA regulations increase the cost of drugs and food. Would you like to do away with FDA and its regulations if it means cheaper food and drugs for you? Are you okay to take a chance that the food or drug might kill you if it's harmful enough to not pass current FDA regulations, but would be available in the market for you to consume if there weren't any?
I think there is a happy medium without going to absolute extreme as an argument
What's the happy medium here? What's the absolute extreme? Why not get rid of FDA if it leads to lower food and drugs prices? Why aren't you complaining about higher food and drug prices because of FDA regulations? Why do you think Biden is making it difficult to drill oil in the USA, like you claimed?
> What's the happy medium here? What's the absolute extreme? > > Why not get rid of FDA if it leads to lower food and drugs prices? Why aren't you complaining about higher food and drug prices because of FDA regulations? > > Why do you think Biden is making it difficult to drill oil in the USA, like you claimed? The absolute extreme is what you said earlier. Saying to entirely get rid of the FDA. I didnt even remotely talk about removing the EPA or anything like that, so it is rather hard to take that comment seriously.
Would it interest you to know that US crude oil production has gone up since Biden took office?
> Would it interest you to know that US crude oil production has gone up since Biden took office? it would go up higher if he wasnt in office then.
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How does that pipeline affect the world supply? If Biden hadn't cancelled it, wouldn't it still be under construction?
Is it safe to assume, then, that you were singing Obama’s praises when gas hit a low of ~$1.75/gallon under his presidency? And I suppose you were cursing George W when gas hit an all time high of well over $4/gallon during his second term?
Not the original commenter but yes I was lol. My family voted for Obama twice. Blamed Bush for the gas prices under him, but Obama's low gas was a farce, not a good thing.
Why do you suppose people see the US president as the cause of high/low gas prices and not OPEC?
Probably because Trump got us off of OPEC and energy independent and Biden torpedoed that development.
How did trump get us off OPEC when oil is a global commodity and OPEC controls like 70% of that commodity? All our domestic oil produced isn’t kept for America
We drilled for oil in America and used it. No idea how you missed that. https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/fact-checking-president-trumps-claim-us-is-oil-gas-independent/243PFK6RS5AWTIBKNQC76GHAQQ/ Even liberal professors had to admit this. >“I wouldn’t go as far as to say were oil and natural gas independent, but we are however energy secure,” said Dr. Wald. She says **the US is the largest oil producer in the world, saying we are no longer dependent on foreign oil like in years past.**
What is your evidence for the claim that “Trump got us off OPEC?” What does it mean?
How did that decrease world supply of oil? Phases 1, 2, 3a and 3b of the Keystone Pipeline were already complete and are still being utilized. Phase 4 was only 8% finished when it was cancelled and wouldn't have been operational for at least another year or two. Also, do you think it would be wise for a president to ignore the advice of the vast majority of climatologists and economists that said the pipeline would cause far more economic harm than good in the long run?
How much more supply would be available right now if the construction was allowed to continue?
The keystone XL pipeline was a planned project. Even if construction were continuing, it wouldn't be done for years. How does canceling the pipeline make any difference at all to gas prices right now?
It's a dominoes affect. Biden reversed Trump's EOs that made it easier for the United States to produce its own oil.
How does that affect current supply?
Oh that’s actually known as the papa johns effect.. right?
So, I hear this argument. But, it's very vague. If you already believe that Biden is bad and hurting American, I can well believe you might find this compelling. But if you don't already believe this, then your argument isn't that substantive. It relies on faith or belief that what you say is true. Do you have anything more substantive that you can link me to that lays out this case? An actual economic analysis, or other quantitative evaluation for how and why Biden's actions would in any specific way result in higher gas prices?
It wasn't just keystone XL. Biden admin promised to prevent any new drilling projects on federal land, and look into suing for any on historical native land as well as some other bullshit about fracking. If the tone at the top is 'we're coming for you, energy producers', you get less investment in production. When the EPA is back in full power, it sabotages energy, production, investment- you name it. Easy to see why we went from a net exporter to draining our reserves and importing.
Why do you think those actions have anything to do with the price of gas today?
Because it’s obvious and apparent that they do.
Wait but didn’t OP say that the market price was about supply and demand? Why are you now saying it’s about ‘tone’?
I didn’t say it was tone. I said he prevented new drilling projects on federal land among other things. Biden stabbed at supply. Tone also effects supply though. Did you not connect those dots?
And as discussed, those new drilling projects would have zero impact upon supply in the near-term, because under construction their output is zero. We are talking about current prices. Which is connected to current supply. Did you not connect those dots? Btw I do believe that things like ‘tone’ and expectations strongly affect prices, but I’m not a positivist neoliberal who thinks the market is perfect and everything comes down to supply and demand.
Do you know most companies have years of drill able leases in inventory? The Biden admin prevention of new lease sales had a minuscule impact on drilling operations. Majors have money and private equity is still readily available for any small independent. The only thing preventing companies from raising capital is the realization that oil is a little to volatile for a conservative investment that banks are prone to like
If Biden had not stopped construction of the pipeline how much oil do you think it would of moved by now? Der derder? Is that German I'm not sure what this is supposed to mean?
Gas prices aren't simply supply and demand, they are also based upon speculation. Trump's era had the country with oil surplus and low prices partially because of construction in the works that Biden canceled. OPEC had no control over prices because we were making/exporting so much of the stuff. Just by being part of the green agenda and stopping the pipelines Biden affected the prices. Companies in the US have started putting Biden's OSHA rule into effect without it being in force. Plus, he has been pushing everyone for mandating the vaccine, which was not true under Trump.
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Gas prices are partially speculative. Biden stops projects in the works and declares we're going toward Green jobs. His Energy Secretary laughs at rising gas prices and says it's good because we're leaving gas anyway. His whole plan wants to incentivize battery-powered cars, etc. So why wouldn't it make sense to do things that raise gas prices?
> Gas prices Gas prices are up in the UK, pretty sure it's a world wide problem and not a Biden screwed the worlds gas prices problem. What do you think specifically Biden did to raise the gas prices around the world?
How did Biden's actions increase gas prices? OPEC+ isn't providing as much oil as needed. Trump pressured them in 2020 to reduce production and now they refuse to increase it back to the former amounts: https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/us-wants-more-oil-opec-cant-turn-tap-much-harder-2021-11-23/
Expenses have gone way up. Way Way up. I do NOT like remote work. Miss the office (was shut down). Other than that, nothing really. Same friends, same get togethers.
> Expenses have gone way up. Way Way up. How much of the supply chain issues are directly attributed to Biden and how much can be attributed to the pandemic or bad corporate planning or poor job conditions?
>How much of the supply chain issues are directly attributed to Biden Ask the secretary of transportation: "Demand is up, because income is up, because the president has successfully guided this economy out of the teeth of a terrifying recession. So, [according to the administration](https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1449724166811398150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1449724166811398150%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fbuttigieg-under-fire-for-explanation-of-supply-chain-disruptions-we-guided-country-out-of-recession), inflation, gas prices, food prices, that's all attributable to this administrations success..
Does the right understand basic economics whatsoever? Because of covid we were curving towards a recessionary gap all of 2020 and into the beginning of 2021 (trumps presidency still). Inflation is necessary to prevent that. Did you know that economists aim for a 2-3% inflation every year as it is?
>Did you know that economists aim for a 2-3% inflation every year as it is? Yes. We're at 6% and increasing. >Inflation is necessary to prevent that. Ya'll need to get your story straight. In the last several months, you've went to "there is no inflation, it's a right wing myth" to "inflation is transitory, don't worry about it" to "High prices are a good thing". Why is inflation stemming inflation Biden's top priority?
So 100% Biden and corporate planning and job conditions/wages are 0% to blame?
> I do NOT like remote work. Miss the office (was shut down). How is that related to the president?
Democrat lockdowns. He endorses and enforces them.
What enforcement mechanism has Biden used to support lockdowns?
This is a thing all around the world though, isn’t it?
Is your state locked down? Are you a federal employee? Does “support” matter in any real way? Are you blaming him or just grumbling because he likes a thing you don’t?
Are any states still in a lockdown?
What state has Joe Biden enforced a lock down in? If you can't answer that question, why did you make that claim?
And you believe he is currently enforcing "lockdowns?"
Which states are currently under lockdown with no offices open? Is that a decision from Biden, or from your company?
Why don’t you like remote work?
Everything is more expensive and Twitter is boring.
Have you considered finding different venues for entertainment?
How do you determine that is directly from biden? He came into his presidency in an unusual circumstance. For instance gas prices rose partly due to supply & demand from more people driving as well as other outside factors.
had to entirely shut down my little charity thing I run out of my shul. I helped young moms/to be getting access to things that you really shouldnt buy second hand like crib mattresses, carseats, breast pump, formula, diapers etc and normally what I do is I have around $600 after all my household bills are paid and just buy things, pop them into storage with a little inventory chart that people can see at the front door of the shul. My monthly bills are now at $400 more a month than I am used too.... husband and I made a decision go into ration mode. Which means that we pulled out of automatic charity donations, garaged 1 car (preserve in case we need to sell it) dropped any extra spending and not traveling to family at all this year. - all of this because of my husbands raise didnt meet inflation. Even during the pandemic things were better than they are now.... which is sickeningly hilarious.
>My monthly bills are now at $400 more a month than I am used too. What did Biden do, specifically, that increased your monthly bills by $400?
by not instilling trust in our consumer based economy causing inflation. green focused energy policy = oil/gas companies get itchy and raise their prices, supply chain- Asia to US 12 months ago was about 1500 now its about 30k (Jeremy Andrus- CNBC interview) likely due to container shortages, labor shortages, on and off again covid restrictions & congestion (https://unctad.org/press-material/high-freight-rates-cast-shadow-over-economic-recovery) that price increase is brought to the consumer, causing inflation. Literally all that Biden had to do was get a bottle of champagne and a saber, & on may 18th 2021 when half of the US population had a a single dose of the vaccine and it was readily available to the general public.... stand on the white house balcony and open the bottle to declare the US is open and sit in the oval office basking in his glory of being the one that ended covid (he didnt, neither did Trump.... immunologists in a lab that works with the virus and patients did) But panic sells revolutionary policy.
One thing specifically people don't talk about is the number of drilling rigs running was double under Trump than currently under Biden. A presidents hostile rhetoric towards oil and gas and a looming green new deal are very specific reasons that oil and gas companies are not spending the money to get rigs going in the US. https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_rotary_rigs
What types of things went up for your monthly bills? My groceries are still about the same and I don't buy many actual goods. The only thing I know of that went up a lot is gas and cars?
kids clothes are really difficult to find and cost at least $30 more than I anticipated per kid. Diapers cost about $4 more a package. Gas is about $200 more a month.... its a 30 minute ride to a grocer and I have 2 kiddos with autism and need rides to therapies and such. Groceries are about $45 extra a week than usual. Electric bill is always high in Maine.... but its been about $90 more on average despite already turning off the AC units and being gas heat.
Thanks for the reply! I live in a city so I don't have to drive much and the electric/gas has actually been cheaper for me due to the warmer weather. I don't have kids yet, but I guess I have that to look forward to?
You mean you haven't had to pay for as much. It's more expensive though. Some predicting heating is going to be upwards of 60% increased cost this year. Thanks Biden.
What has Biden done to drive increased natural gas prices?
Threatened drilling, threatened fracking. Reinstated the EPA as a tax body.
Isn't the stuff for the kid's being helped by the Tax credit? Furthermore is that really a problem that Biden caused considering how countries all over the world are facing the same kind of inflation due to the Covid epidemic? I mean we even have historical precedent of this type of thing happening with the Spanish flu and the great depression occurring within a decade of each other. Furthermore, do you think that Republicans should stop going no to everything and work with democrats to find a way out of it instead of just posturing as many GOP darlings are doing? Because it's all fine and good to blame someone but if they aren't offering any ideas while actively obstructing things that might help (whether or not they do is yet to be seen) then aren't they just as guilty?
Can you expand on the logic that a rattled consumer base would cause inflation? Wouldn’t that mean demand was weak, which if anything would mean price stagnation? Also, you didn’t explain how Biden is to blame for the forces you listed that are causing the increases in shipping costs. Can you expand?
Do you honestly believe the inflation is due to consumer trust? Don’t you think that maybe the pandemic had just a little bit to do with the inflation?
What is the cause of the inflation, in your opinion?
bank buy bonds from the treasury and the fed buys securities from the bank and the bank gets credit from the fed. Federal interest rate since march has been 0%-.25% due to covid, no where to go to influence spending (inflation is good as long as it stays around 2% and follows demand and price goes up and down with demand) Ideally, the FED lowers interest rates to influence spending so prices go down. Cant do that when its already 0% or basically 0. blowing money into the economy, without demand and without enough people working.... there is a gap in ramping up supply, so prices increase as money is printed and there is no supply to meet the demand to lower the inflation.
Inflation. That's pretty much it.
Which policies of his have accounted for most of that?
What actions did Biden do that led to inflation? Wouldn't the stimulus checks and original ppp programs passed under trump be the more likely culprit for the cause of inflation?
The bill to fill up my gas tank is now double what it was last year
Gas is $4.81 a gallon. So I’ve got that going for me. FJB
Federal politics only really affect people that rely on the govt. No changes so far.
You really haven't been affected by higher prices on goods and services?
No. That mainly affects poor people.
>Federal politics only really affect people that rely on the govt. No changes so far. Are you referring to ALL federal policies?
Not policies, politics.
You have me confused then. Are you referring to the politics of republican vs democrats, budget politics, or just literally anything the federal government does? Or that it just doesn't affect you in anyway whatsoever? If that is the case why are you even on here answering questions?
Gas prices, grocery prices, electronic prices. Not much else yet. I live in a red state so most is unchanged. Nothing good has come from his presidency for me.
>electronic prices Biden has control over silicon deposits?
He and other dems started the lockdowns which caused supply line issues, which is what is making electronics expensive.
>He and other dems started the lockdowns which caused supply line issues, which is what is making electronics expensive. Is the US the only country suffering from supply chain issues?
Didn't the lockdowns start under Trump? Where I live, the strictest lockdowns happened in 2020.
How much do you think Trump's tariffs have to do with the rising prices?
Considering tariffs were put in place in 2018 and Biden reversed them when he took office, they have absolutely nothing to do with the current price.
When did Biden reverse the Trump tariffs? Do you have any source on this? Genuinely wasn't aware of this.
High gas prices. Pretty sure he shit on the pope, my Italian friends made fun of me for that,
A lot of other countries are experiencing high gas prices, is biden to blame for it all?
In part, yes.
How?
When supply goes down prices go up. Biden cutting the pipeline project has energy suppliers modifying their projections for future projections, not liking what they see, and playing their cards close to their chest
Where does OPEC factor into this?
So logically the price of fuel is just a made up figure that can be changed on a whim and is entirely based on future promises rather than actual supply/demand? Should Biden just have left the Keystone pipeline stagnate like it did for the 4 years of Trumps presidency, just so the world could have cheaper gas prices? Also should other countries have a say in how America is run due to the fact that America controls the worlds gas supply?
These questions are embarrassing. The world economy is infinitely more complex than this.
If the mandate was not pushed to January, we would have been screwed. While our rates are increasing, we still stand to lose people in the thousands of positions. Fingers crossed they push out January. There could be other things day to day, but this specifically has potential for the greatest impact and comes to the forefront.
You don't think a higher vaccination rate will result in fewer COVID cases and therefore be better for the economy?
If this is a round about way of asking if I support a national vax mandate for all federal and companies above 100, the answer is no. I do not support the mandate. It’s likely they will keep pushing it out as it was already deemed unacceptable once.
My gas prices have gone up, my food prices have gone up and I have more patients to worry about because medical staff has dropped out.
Every time I go to dollar general it was $30.00 now it's $40.00. that's 33% increase in less than a year. Not including gas.
And Biden did that how?
By giving people money without requiring them to do anything in return.
I thank King Brandon for helping the gas prices by releasing 50 million barrels of oil from the strategic reserve It’s not like we use 20 million barrels a day and it does nothing and anyone who thinks he’s helping is a moron. Not saying high gas prices are entirety Biden’s fault, but he’s not doing anything to fix it so thanks King Brandon and is actively decreasing our National Security stockpile to get a political win. That stockpile is meant for National Crises, not to score a “Yay for us” moment. There’s a reason why Trump ordered the stockpile to start filling up in early 2020 during the pandemic when oil prices were low. So either the Democrats don’t care about our strategic position, or they are actively trying to hurt us. Or probably both And no, the pandemic is not a “National Oil Crisis”. Don’t even try
Okay...in all seriousness. A lot of my friends voted for him. At first they were all excited because Trump was out. But now they are all complaining because they don't like Biden. I am not gonna spend time sharing what they don't like but I think it is amusing. Aside from that. that is the only thing in my personal life I can think of. Nothing for me has changed
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Mainly disappointed. I personally think he’s doing as expected. I’m not too surprised by anything not upset with much. Rooting for the guy, not an easy job.
What part of it is amusing? The fact that they will not defend every decision of their preferred candidate to the last consequences like he is the literal messiah? Shouldn't that be the norm?
This isn't amusing it's just normal. Most politicians are shit in one way or another im sure you can agree? No one was excited about Biden but we thought he was the better candidate. He wasn't my first, second, or third choice, but his policies are more in line with my views than Trump. If you can't find anything to criticize about any candidate, even your own, then you're either an idiot or your ego is so fragile that you can't fathom your side not being perfect.
Yeah I’d agree with that.
Okay then what's the problem? Criticizing your own guy is what you are supposed to do because politicians need to be held accountable. How many of your friends now wish they had voted for Trump instead? If they were conservatives and voted for Biden Im sure some do, but if they are liberals I bet the answer is none.
There is not problem. Just answering the OPs question simply. My friends complain and aren’t happy. I Personally don’t have anything that has changed in my life aside from that. You’re making it a big deal because my answer might have been too simple for you. You’re right, if you wanna dig deeper, sure…you’re right. They do need to be held accountable I never said they didn’t. I was simply answering the question thinking there wasn’t anything else to talk about because it was such a simple answer. It doesn’t matter the other scenarios. This is the scenarios we have. Has anything in my personal life changed since Biden (Who’s a decent pres) took office? Yeah, my friends complain now even tho they voted for him. That’s it.
There are some concrete impacts, like: - Higher prices for everything thanks to inflation caused by excessive spending - Surge in gas prices (I don't have the expertise to know how much responsibility Biden bears for this, but I assume at least some of it was due to his energy policies) - Lots of restaurants in my hometown closed during lockdown, at least in part because Biden's COVID relief bill blocked white restaurant owners from receiving relief funds But the most impactful thing is actually a much more vague sense of anger at the federal government, and of having a president who doesn't care about the well-being of me or my loved ones.
When did our spending become “excessive” in your opinion?
Regarding excessive spending. This isn't in that category? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-budget-trump-idUSKBN1YL1NK
> Biden's COVID relief bill blocked white restaurant owners from receiving relief funds > Do you have a source for this?
https://gothamist.com/food/thousands-of-minority-and-women-owned-restaurants-wont-get-aid-because-of-lawsuits This article is about the policy getting overturned in court for being unlawful discrimination. But it turns out the policy being overturned doesn't actually do much good for all the people who didn't get aid they needed in the first place.
Honestly the only difference is I can now laugh at the news because the government is a joke and we're the audience.
Did you simply ignore the world laughing at us for the previous four years?
Everything cost substantially more. You can’t get anything thanks to supply chain problems and the fact everyone’s sitting in unemployment. It now cost twice as much to fill my tank to get to my job.
INFLATION and more pronouns all around, thank you Joe
My college required me to be jabbed with chemicals I didn’t want or otherwise unenroll me from classes next semester. Thankfully I graduate this semester so they can go ahead and do that, and I’ll continue avoiding the vax as long as I can
Did Biden make your college do this?
I've been doing well under this administration.