Why are oil prices what people judge Presidents for?

[Stormy Daniels]

Why do people think that the President has much to do with the price of...anything? Why does a President have more control over the price of oil than, say, apples? And why does oil matter more than apples?

When was the last time someone looked at the price of corn and either clapped their hands or stomped their feet (depending on political orientations, of course) about whether the President was to credit/blame?

If we believe in a free market where prices are set by supply and demand, then why should prices be attributed to Presidents? And why some prices and not other prices?

Anyone know the price of cherries lately? Because I think lots of you are picking them no matter if they're ripe or not.

 

[Concerned American]

Why do people think that the President has much to do with the price of...anything?

Presidential Executive Orders that change policies that directly affect oil prices which in turn affect the cost of all products resulting in 20% inflation is what a POTUS has to do with prices. Coupled with toying with WWIII while ignoring the invasion of our country by illegals from the south and dictatorial mandates on the populace over a 99.7% recoverable virus, the vegetable in the WH has earned every oz. of venom that is directed his and the democrats way.

 

[Winco]

OPEC +. ( a trump thing)

Look it up.
Affects Production LEVELS.
Therefore Affecting Global Prices.

Prove me Wrong.

 

[Mac1958]

Why do people think that the President has much to do with the price of...anything? Why does a President have more control over the price of oil than, say, apples? And why does oil matter more than apples?

When was the last time someone looked at the price of corn and either clapped their hands or stomped their feet (depending on political orientations, of course) about whether the President was to credit/blame?

If we believe in a free market where prices are set by supply and demand, then why should prices be attributed to Presidents? And why some prices and not other prices?

Anyone know the price of cherries lately? Because I think lots of you are picking them no matter if they're ripe or not.

Partisan ammunition only. Pick up any poo they can find and fling it.

Back and forth, back and forth, boring and predictable as hell.

 

[Concerned American]

And why does oil matter more than apples?

The price of oil affects the price of apples. Greater cost of diesel and fertilizer to grow and harvest plus delivery to market. The cost of diesel in the US has almost tripled in a little over a year--Yep, Biden did that.

 

[Concerned American]

Anyone know the price of cherries lately?

They haven't ripened here yet, but if they follow every other type of produce, that is in the store today, they will cost at least 20% more than last year.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Why do people think that the President has much to do with the price of...anything? Why does a President have more control over the price of oil than, say, apples? And why does oil matter more than apples?

When was the last time someone looked at the price of corn and either clapped their hands or stomped their feet (depending on political orientations, of course) about whether the President was to credit/blame?

If we believe in a free market where prices are set by supply and demand, then why should prices be attributed to Presidents? And why some prices and not other prices?

Anyone know the price of cherries lately? Because I think lots of you are picking them no matter if they're ripe or not.

People are judging Joe for his many, many screwups.

If we believe in a free market where prices are set by supply and demand, then why should prices be attributed to Presidents?

When the President damages supply and promises to eliminate fossil fuels, shouldn't he
get some of the credit for higher oil prices?

 

[Moonglow]

OPEC +. ( a trump thing)

Look it up.
Affects Production LEVELS.
Therefore Affecting Global Prices.

Prove me Wrong.

They are not interested in actual truth just political chicanery.

 

[Resnic]

Why do people think that the President has much to do with the price of...anything? Why does a President have more control over the price of oil than, say, apples? And why does oil matter more than apples?

When was the last time someone looked at the price of corn and either clapped their hands or stomped their feet (depending on political orientations, of course) about whether the President was to credit/blame?

If we believe in a free market where prices are set by supply and demand, then why should prices be attributed to Presidents? And why some prices and not other prices?

Anyone know the price of cherries lately? Because I think lots of you are picking them no matter if they're ripe or not.

Even for you, that's really reaching. Usually you have posts that are really stretching things so you can paint the picture you want but this is out there even for you. Comparing the price of cherries to gas? Might as well try and argue about the price of a sharpie pen to medical expenses.

You're trying to be ultra literal as in saying "the president doesn't specifically say how much gas prices will be at the pump near you specifically".

The reality is the president's decisions do effect our gas prices indirectly. Their decisions set off a chain reaction that ends at the gas pump.

That's why gas was so cheap was the previous president had us setup quite well. Then the current president came in and said "I'm going to undo what the previous president did", then said he would declare war on fossil fuels, then hampered domestic oil production, then sold record amounts of our oil to China, then bought it from Russia for a markup, then stopped buying it from Russia and still won't open up domestic oil production. So no he didn't specifically price oil, but everything he has done put us exactly where we are right now. His policies and his decisions put us on this path. We warned about it last year from dozens of analysts examing his behavior and now it's happening.

 

[Stormy Daniels]

Comparing the price of cherries to gas? Might as well try and argue about the price of a sharpie pen to medical expenses.

If you failed to grasp that really, really obvious play on words then you really need an English lit class in your life.

 

[lennypartiv]

Partisan ammunition only. Pick up any poo they can find and fling it.
Back and forth, back and forth, boring and predictable as hell.

Tell your buddy Biden to get more oil pumped out of the ground and refined.

 

[DarthTrader]

If you failed to grasp that really, really obvious play on words then you really need an English lit class in your life.

It's just your question is dumb. Historically the most important commodities were controlled by public policy, all the way back to Rome where the price of bread was controlled by the republic, then the Emperor.

US controls the price of oil through its own manipulations. Biden fucked up.

Oil is today's bread for obvious reasons.

 

[Stormy Daniels]

US controls the price of oil through its own manipulations. Biden fucked up.

No, no, no. This is where you are all wrong. That's what other countries may do. But in the United States, oil is left to private business.

 

[DarthTrader]

No, no, no. This is where you are all wrong. That's what other countries may do. But in the United States, oil is left to private business.

Not even remotely true.

These are the world's largest banks that are increasing and decreasing their fossil fuel financing

The largest banks have collectively financed $3.8 trillion in fossil fuel companies since the Paris Agreement, according to the Banking on Climate Chaos report.

www.cnbc.com

 

[hadit]

Why do people think that the President has much to do with the price of...anything? Why does a President have more control over the price of oil than, say, apples? And why does oil matter more than apples?

When was the last time someone looked at the price of corn and either clapped their hands or stomped their feet (depending on political orientations, of course) about whether the President was to credit/blame?

If we believe in a free market where prices are set by supply and demand, then why should prices be attributed to Presidents? And why some prices and not other prices?

Anyone know the price of cherries lately? Because I think lots of you are picking them no matter if they're ripe or not.

Speculators react to what they think will happen to oil prices, which in turn pushes prices in that direction. If an American president, for example, looks weak and ineffective while a Russian dictator convinces them he's serious about invading another country, they expect the ensuing war to cut world supplies of oil and push things accordingly. In fact, they all try to get out in front of the expected price increases, which in turn exaggerates the increase. That's how Quid Pro drove up prices, by making war more likely.

 

[PinktheFloyd88]

Why do people think that the President has much to do with the price of...anything? Why does a President have more control over the price of oil than, say, apples? And why does oil matter more than apples?

When was the last time someone looked at the price of corn and either clapped their hands or stomped their feet (depending on political orientations, of course) about whether the President was to credit/blame?

If we believe in a free market where prices are set by supply and demand, then why should prices be attributed to Presidents? And why some prices and not other prices?

Anyone know the price of cherries lately? Because I think lots of you are picking them no matter if they're ripe or not.

Short answer: Because that and his stutter is all they have to attack Biden with.

Long answer: He has no impeachable offenses yet - has not called and blackmailed any foreign officials - has not tried a Coup - so bitching about prices is all they have. And he stutters.

 

[Clipper]

Yea, let's equate

Presidential Executive Orders that change policies that directly affect oil prices which in turn affect the cost of all products resulting in 20% inflation is what a POTUS has to do with prices. Coupled with toying with WWIII while ignoring the invasion of our country by illegals from the south and dictatorial mandates on the populace over a 99.7% recoverable virus, the vegetable in the WH has earned every oz. of venom that is directed his and the democrats way.

Yea, let's equate Putin's massacre in Ukraine with illegals crossing over the border. How many bombs have those brown people from C. America tossed your way, genius?

Granted some have criminal tendencies but it's a real stretch to claim the Ukraine invasion & borders crossers coming here should be mentioned in the same breath.

Go find yourself a good shrink.

 

[Concerned American]

Short answer: Because that and his stutter is all they have to attack Biden with.

Take the blinders off skippy. Read the thread and you should be able to identify at least three other reasons for their attacks and that is just the beginning for anyone with more than an asshole for an eye.

 

[PinktheFloyd88]

Take the blinders off skippy. Read the thread and you should be able to identify at least three other reasons for their attacks and that is just the beginning for anyone with more than an asshole for an eye.

Shut the fuck up for once, dude.

 

[hadit]

Short answer: Because that and his stutter is all they have to attack Biden with.

Long answer: He has no impeachable offenses yet - has not called and blackmailed any foreign officials - has not tried a Coup - so bitching about prices is all they have. And he stutters.

He doesn't have a stutter. I've heard people who stutter, and they have a hard time saying certain sounds. They can, however, complete thoughts without wandering off into lala land like Quid Pro does. They can, in addition, complete sentences without bizarrely whispering like Quid Pro does. In short, they have a speech impediment, not a cognitive impediment. What Quid Pro has is something far different.