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1 posted on 06/10/2022 10:39:54 AM PDT by jimjohn
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Getting us to a “point of no return” is the goal of the Democrats. It’s part of the “Great Reset.”


2 posted on 06/10/2022 10:47:33 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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I always thought $5 gas and $6 diesel would be the tipping point. Yet the anecdotal evidence in Upstate South Carolina reveals truck traffic to be unabated. What gives? Is it like the quiet before the economic storm?


3 posted on 06/10/2022 10:49:03 AM PDT by buckalfa (An old man who plants a tree whose shade he will never see is the primary component of civilization.)
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I’m all for a trucker’s strike / walk-out. I work with a lot of truckers in my job, and collectively, they are the backbone of the economy.

Truckers face a lot of risk, and deserve to earn a decent wage - and its the governments fault they are not.


4 posted on 06/10/2022 10:50:04 AM PDT by PGR88
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Get used to it. It’s not going to go away.


5 posted on 06/10/2022 10:50:27 AM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives: Ban Gun Free Zones)
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Alex Jones gives warning of the United States slipping past point of no return, December 30, 2021

https://www.bitchute.com/video/LwC7AGURftpB/

Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement (2007 - Alex Jones predicted everything happening today because he read UN Agenda 21/2030 and the WEF white papers)

https://rumble.com/v13t0cz-end-game-infowars-films.html


6 posted on 06/10/2022 10:53:10 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Contempt for pre-born human life breeds contempt for post-born human life.)
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Highway contractor here with the post office. Gave up all of my contracts. I just can’t afford it anymore. 6 out of work on July 2nd .


7 posted on 06/10/2022 10:53:20 AM PDT by lucky american (Progressives are attacking our rights and y'all will sit there and take it.)
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The average price June 9th for diesel was $5.70.

Very recently I posted an article that estimated that gasoline price would increase by 33% sometime in the summer.

If we apply the same percent increase to diesel, that would be a diesel price of $7.58


8 posted on 06/10/2022 10:53:45 AM PDT by Mount Athos
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I think there is a decent chance that They will force the system to breakdown, there will be violence (for many reasons) and martial law is not out of the question. I’m afraid the Fall elections may be “postponed”. Maybe for two weeks while they flatten the curve.


9 posted on 06/10/2022 10:54:01 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I don't want to be part of a union of 50 states. We tried that. It doesn't work.)
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“* full throated invasion into our southern border”

Maybe Biden et al are trying to make America so crappy no one wants to come here.


10 posted on 06/10/2022 10:55:28 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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The tipping point is when raising prices results in people no longer buying. GDP will then drop precipitously as prices go up even more. Even food becomes too expensive and then you have grocery market thefts going through the roof. Shortly thereafter, food riots will happen. Once that happens the government can’t control the situation anymore and the government will fall to the mob. There aren’t enough bullets to stop it at that point.

Hopefully this never happens. Hopefully some sort of sanity reins it all in and they do something to fix it.

In the mean time, my garden this year is about 4 times what it was last year. I’ve also started chickens for eggs and have 4 cows in my neighbor’s pastures. I have the good fortune to live in a rural area.


11 posted on 06/10/2022 10:57:12 AM PDT by NicoDon
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I see NOTHING preventing enough upheavals in the next 4-5 months to prevent a complete breakdown of society as we know it...

I think you're being optimistic.

I think the SC will overturn Roe within the next few days and the hounds of Hell will be released. Pallets of bricks will mysteriously show up in various cities across the country. Then, probably in September or early October they will be another mass shooting or two.

There is no near-term solution to the wrecked economy, so higher prices and increased shortages will get worse, so as someone said, forget 2024, I'm not sure we'll make it to November. And even if Republicans take over in November, I foresee no substantial changes. I mean, really, what can a Republican Congress do? What motivation do they have to really do anything as the legislative branch?

I am not as optimistic as you. Unless there is a spiritual revival I believe we have long passed the point of no return in this country. It's now a matter of riding things down. Not giving up or quitting, but the overwhelming injustices and the clear dual system of justice in this country has taken deep roots. Almost every level of the federal government has been completely corrupted, not the least of which is the FBI which has become the Democrat's Stasi.

Change my mind.

12 posted on 06/10/2022 10:57:31 AM PDT by Obadiah ("America is facing a winter of severe illness and death." Biden's own summary of his America.)
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An economy runs on energy just like your body runs on blood. Energy inflation affects everything else, because it gets passed on. I think the tipping point will be consumers buying less because prices have gone up so much.


13 posted on 06/10/2022 10:59:23 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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There is not, never has been, and never will be, a tax or a price increase on businesses. They will pass that cost onto its customers.

The cost for diesel fuel will simply be passed onto companies using their services. The load of grapefruit that once cost $1000 to ship will now cost $1250 to ship and those that sell the grapefruit will raise the price of their produce accordingly.

Any attempt to “soak the corporations” will simply be passed onto their customers. I recently had a pallet of computer monitors delivered. The shipping cost went from $400 to $650. MY budget got hit on that one, not the trucker’s.


15 posted on 06/10/2022 10:59:44 AM PDT by VideoPaul
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Trump in 2020: 'If Biden' Becomes President, You'll Pay $7 For a Gallon of Gas!: By Michael W. Chapman | March 8, 2022 | 1:53pm EST

(CNS News.com) -- During a campaign stop on Nov. 2, 2020, then-President Donald Trump touted the low gasoline prices of the time and warned that if Joe Biden became president, Americans would end up paying $7, $8, even $9 a gallon.

Trump also said that, in response to those high gas prices, the Biden administration would tell people to get rid of their cars.

"It's an incredible thing that's happened over the last few years, a lot of great things," said Trump. "And you’re paying, what, $2 a gallon for your gasoline? That’s okay."

Trump in 2020: 'If Biden' Becomes President, You'll Pay $7 For a Gallon of Gas By Michael W. Chapman | March 8, 2022 | 1:53pm EST

(CNS News.com) -- During a campaign stop on Nov. 2, 2020, then-President Donald Trump touted the low gasoline prices of the time and warned that if Joe Biden became president, Americans would end up paying $7, $8, even $9 a gallon.

Trump also said that, in response to those high gas prices, the Biden administration would tell people to get rid of their cars.

Their administration would then tell people to get rid of their cars.

"It's an incredible thing that's happened over the last few years, a lot of great things," said Trump. "And you’re paying, what, $2 a gallon for your gasoline? That’s okay."

Young voters and Hispanics don’t like Biden!


16 posted on 06/10/2022 10:59:46 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Has anyone, recently, seen a Biden sticker on any vehicle and anin particular at/in a gas station!!!)
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Point of No Return,
Circling the Drain,
We had a Good Run.
Who Knows what the Future holds-as I veiw our situations we were Attacked in Late 2019 by forces bent
On destroying This Country.
The Enimies both Foreign and Domestic are succeeding so Plan Accordingly.


17 posted on 06/10/2022 11:01:32 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (We Are JONAH)
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When there are long lines to buy gasoline/Diesel I’ll be cutting way back on driving.


19 posted on 06/10/2022 11:03:33 AM PDT by Paladin2
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“which will have a domino effect to hurt the poorer, urban areas first, followed by suburban areas.”

As long as Democrats starve, I don’t care.


21 posted on 06/10/2022 11:03:49 AM PDT by rellic
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Price is always the equalizer between supply and demand.

Businesses will buy oil at any price so long as they can pass on the cost.

At some point a typical retail store will shutdown when the cost to heat or air-condition their building cannot be recovered.


23 posted on 06/10/2022 11:08:10 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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https://adnamerica.com/en/texas/gas-prices-truck-drivers-parking-rigs-across-usa
24 posted on 06/10/2022 11:08:22 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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A tipping point has been reached here in rural Missouri. I run along a state highway just outside of town. Last summer, to help the miles go by, I would count how many vehicles passed me in 30 minutes (7 p.m.). It was usually 175-200. My runs for the past few months — only 60-80 vehicles. It’s obvious that people are cutting way back on their driving.


25 posted on 06/10/2022 11:10:26 AM PDT by Restless
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