I think this is Lanya's subtle swipe that our gas prices are simply the result of evil oil companies, vs the notion of supply & demand, combined with the overt regulations imposed on oil/gasoline by the state and federal governments. And guess who that proposed windfall profits tax is actually going to hit? Hint, it won't be the evil oil companies
Said by someone whose knowledge of economics is clearly lacking. Inflation is driving the price of petroleum, not so much supply and demand Sirs.
I never claimed it was solely Supply & Demand Js, only that the prior mass of congressional investigations clearly had a consistent theme of
no to price gouging and
yes to supply and demand issues.
Now currently inflation is obviously having an effect, and I never claimed otherwise. What I have claimed is the left frequently attacks "big oil" as the main reason for increasing gas prices, when it's the same left inhibiting, when not out and out preventing, a vast # of avenues that could bring the price of oil down substantially, be it increasing our domesit oil supply, actually bulding a damn refinery, if not 2 dozen, opening up more Nuclear facilities, and lessoning the cost prohibitive regulations government imposes. (read NOT abolish, but loosen)
ALL such avenues would counter the weak dollar and boost our own supply, thus decreasing the overall demand. But we'll we get any support from the left on these ventures?? I'm guessing not. so much easier to simply demonize "big oil", and push to pass windfall profits taxes, which of course gets passed onto to......you guessed it, us again, in the form of even HIGHER fuel costs.