GASOLINE PRICES COULD GO EVEN HIGHER!
They talk about it as if it is completely unrelated to the deliberate actions of the very people they voted to elect.
It infuriates me.
"Gee. They shut down pipelines to carry oil cheaply, driving up the cost. They set large tracts of land off limits to exploration and drilling. They have sold off the strategic oil reserves we purchased when energy was cheaper, and did so for political gain. They have reduced us to meekly asking, hat in hand, our enemies (who rejoice in seeing us stumble and suffer) if they can help us out by increasing production. And then they act as if it were a hurricane knocking out offshore drilling rigs, or tankers running aground, or just inconsiderate drivers who are using too much gasoline. And when they aren't doing that, they are accusing everyone up and down the energy chain of unfairly jacking up prices to gouge innocent Americans, including those who voted to put them in office. Am I missing something here?"
And now they do this with housing prices.
"Gee. They demonize landlords. They prosecute them for not renting to people who not only won't pay rent, but who might burn the property down or otherwise run it into the ground. They put rent controls in place. They make it impossible to collect rents. They make it impossible to evict people who won't pay. They jack up the price of everything from lumber to carpeting, and drive renters out of the market who won't put up with it. They drive up the amount of electricity, gas, and heating oil which landlords often have to cover. They make rental units scarce, driving up the cost so people cannot afford it. And they are whining about people unable to find rental units or pay for them when they do. Am I missing something here?"
These scummy bastards running the country, and the localities that enthusiastically take their marching orders from them make me want to puke.
And we have 3 more years left of this nightmare, possibly 7 because nothing is being done about election integrity. Our house is burning down and nobody is taking action to put out the fire.