Biden's America Last Program
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‘Fairy Dust And Unicorns’
Notable responses included:
- Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL): “Fairy dust and unicorns…can you imagine what the real world looks like through their eyes? Good Lord.”
- Kaylee McGhee White, columnist: “Once again: They do not care whether you can afford to fill your tank. They literally see this as a way to push their crazy climate agenda.”
- Chuck Ross, reporter: “NYT recently reported that Hunter Biden’s firm helped broker a deal for China to buy the world’s largest deposit of cobalt, which is used to make electric car batteries.”
- Noah Rotham, political commentator: “This is insulting. Our politics would be markedly improved if our elected representatives and their consultants didn’t operate under the assumption that you’re an idiot.”
- Comfortably Smug: “Ok. The entry level model is 50% more than the median American income.”
- Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX): “It is laughable how out of touch this Administration is with everyday Americans. My constituents don’t want the Green New Deal, they want lower gas prices.”
- Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN): “President Biden and his liberal staff are shamelessly out-of-touch with Americans. Buying a Tesla to offset the #Bidenflation gas price spike isn’t a simple option for most working families.”
- Caleb Hull, digital strategist: “Except, ya know, how we use fossil fuels to build literally everything involved in putting together an electric car lmao.”
Trucker on Fuel Prices: 'What Are Y’all Gonna Do Next Month When Your Gallon of Milk Costs $11?'
The bad news, as my colleague Rick Moran wrote earlier on Thursday, is that we’re now in the inflation expectations phase of an accelerating inflationary spiral:
Also, when people believe that, if they wait until next month to buy something, it will be more expensive, they’ll push up their purchase to this month. That increase in aggregate demand — you guessed it — adds to the existing inflationary pressures.
Here are some fast facts to throw at the pinko loons on Facebook who deny reality and embrace buffoonery. Expect them to ignore these truths like the “check engine” light on their Priuses.
- The Biden administration tried to use a bogus, wildly inflated figure regarding carbon emissions to justify new rules and possibly laws on fossil fuel. A judge clown-slapped the administration for the Pinocchio tactic, causing a stall. The Biden administration claims this decision has somehow caused a cessation of work on no fewer than 18 federal oil and gas leases in New Mexico.
- Biden hasn’t held an onshore lease sale in a full year. He is the first president in 20 years to NOT do this.
- ConocoPhillips COULD drill 160,000 barrels per day in the National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska for the next 30 years, but the commies at the Center For American Progress pushed the Biden administration to stop the drilling.
- Biden’s anti-fossil fuel gibberish hasn’t gone unnoticed. As one oil exec told Bloomberg, “Biden is signaling that his environmental goals trump energy security and consumer prices.” He continued, “that’s not lost on public companies or the banks they rely on.”
- Even the lickspittles at Yahoo! Finance know that Biden is delaying drilling leases, and it’s hurting Americans trying to get to work.
Another problem would be the Uriah Heeps (not to be confused with Uriah Heep) in lefty media who blame Putin, Trump, and gas-thirsty moonbats for the rising price of oil. In this article, CNN claims that everyone and everything is guilty except the one guy who can make a difference: Gropey Joe Biden.
Media fear economy, gas prices have Biden over a barrel
Record inflation plus record high gas prices equals media spin. That’s the equation journalists are using as they cover for the Biden administration’s self-inflicted economic problems.
This isn’t math. It’s political science. The media are looking at an election wipeout for Democrats in November and doing everything they can to cover for President Joe Biden and his inept administration.
The New York Times almost got behind the press room podium to fill in for Press Secretary Jen Psaki. "Republicans Wrongly Blame Biden for Rising Gas Prices." The paper pointed the finger at the pandemic for supply disruptions, not the Biden administration’s open war on American energy.
Democrats unveil plan to issue quarterly checks to Americans by taxing oil companies posting huge profits
The plan would also establish a quarterly payment program to provide direct payments to Americans struggling with rising prices. The income thresholds in the bill are similar to those of the third stimulus check issued last year: Individual tax filers making under $75,000 and couples making $150,000 would receive the payments. At $120 a barrel, single filers would receive $240 a year and joint filers would get $360.
"The bigger thing is that it's going to save everyone money," Khanna said in an interview. "If you're big oil, and you look at this, you're not going to want to pay this tax, and so you're going to be willing to lower prices."
The plan faces long odds to become law. Republicans are opposed to tax hikes, and centrist Democrats may balk at the measure as well. A spokesperson for Sen. Joe Manchin's office didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Biden’s Gas Prices Are The ‘Unity’ President’s Latest Way To Force You To Do What He Says
This isn’t just the Democrats’ way of handling the green energy versus fossil fuels debate, either. This is their posture toward all their policy goals — and all the Americans who disagree with them and might threaten to hold up their agendas.
We watched it throughout Covid. When enough Americans (many of them healthy and young) didn’t get the vaccine right away, the administration cracked down and issued federal mandates that workers must get the shot if they wanted to keep their jobs. “Oh, you’re not getting vaccinated? Fine. You’re fired.”
TikTok Influencer Blames High Gas Prices On Putin After White House Gives Her Talking Points
“But the call was predominantly about Ukraine and Russia, so how does that relate? Russia is one of the top three producers of oil, and it is actually their number-one revenue source,” Zeiler continued. “Now, with Putin starting this horrific fight between Ukraine and Russia, nobody wants to work with him and do international trade. So, with people being scared of war and limited resources, prices are bound to go up as well.”
“For the people who can’t pay $7 for a gallon of gas, there’s an app called GasBuddy that shows you the cheapest gas near you,” Zeiler concluded.
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Dem Congresswoman Says It's 'Un-American' to Blame Biden for Gas Prices
"So, this is Putin's fault," Schrier continued in the interview clip tweeted on Monday. Yet she goes on to admit that "before [Putin's invasion], because people were already suffering at the gas pump before this, right? We saw an increase of over $1/gallon over the past year and a half or so," Schrier said — admitting something that the White House has refused to concede in the past.
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As Schrier admits again, "we knew, we knew that there was a possibility that this could lead to inflation, but we also knew that there's things that you can do to help that settle down," Schrier claimed before repeating another debunked Biden administration line: "economists at this point anticipate that this will be temporary."
That quote from last summer aged poorly as inflation just hit another 40-year high for year-over-year consumer price increases. Nevertheless, Schrier claimed to know, even last summer, that "it feels, I feel it, like I think we all feel it a little bit that everything feels a little more expensive, on top of that gas is more expensive."
Once again, Democrats knew that their tax-and-spend agenda paired with energy policies to make America dependent on the world would make life more expensive for Americans — and they did it anyway. Now that the consequences of their actions are coming back to bite them, they're in denial. And if you dare to point out the mess that they've created — even based on their own admissions — well, you're just un-American.
Democrats Are Unpatriotic Cowards...And Here's the Poll to Prove It
There you have it, folks, we’re sharing a nation where over half of them would surrender outright because they hate it so much. That’s liberal America. That’s the Democratic Party. And look, the 25 percent of Republicans, the Lincoln Project types—who would join them is also beyond disgusting. We’re screwed with these numbers. We may mock the Red Dawn remake where North Koreans were somehow able to invade the continental United States (using what…a fleet of Boston Whalers?), but with this sort of division—they could if they had the capability and lord knows how far they could penetrate the American heartland.
Liberals view America as inherently racist, so a new invader is a welcome news to these folks. Do they know what an ultra-nationalist Russia does to their bases of support? Two words: 'meat grinder.'
I’ve always thought the notion of American decline was overblown. As we continue under Joe Biden, and now this poll, the more I see that maybe it’s not overblown; we’re in it.
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‘Eat Lentils, Poors!’
Twitter users across the political spectrum excoriated Bloomberg News for an opinion column suggesting low income Americans find ways to lower their costs to deal with skyrocketing inflation.
The column, titled “Inflation Stings Most If You Earn Less Than $300K. Here’s How to Deal,” was written by Teresa Ghilarducci, a professor of economics at the New School for Social Research, a private university in New York. In it, she explains that inflation, especially soaring gas prices, will do much less harm to Americans who earn more than $289,000 per year. For those near the median income of around $50,000, or less, decisions will be much harder, Ghilarducci wrote.
“If your income is more than $289,000 a year, the run-up in gas prices may be alarming — but it’s unlikely to hammer your overall finances,” Ghilarducci wrote. “For those earning much less, it’s a different story.”
“I expect those most affected will adjust to inflation in the classic way by shifting away from relatively expensive items toward close substitutes,” she continued. “Here are some ideas on how to reconfigure consumption and lessen the blow. But again, adjustment is hard for people without savings or choices.”
Ghilarducci’s suggestions included:
- taking public transportation instead of driving;
- buying and eating meat subsitutes like lentils and vegetables;
- avoiding buying items in bulk;
- avoiding unnecessary charges; and
- avoiding medical expenses for pets
Dems Considering Stimulus Checks, Raising Taxes On Gas Companies To Off-Set High Prices: Report
Instead, Dems are looking to other ideas to try and lower gasoline prices, one Democratic senior aide told Axios:
- Other ideas being discussed include stimulus checks, using more ethanol to lower the demand for oil, and canceling oil companies’ federal leases that aren’t actively being used, the senior Democratic aide told Axios.
- Various Democrats have also already introduced bills that would suspend the federal gas tax; raise taxes on oil companies to fund means-tested assistance; or provide a federal rebate whenever gas prices get above $4 per gallon.