Running In Circles

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The pain at the pump, while admittedly not 100% the result of Biden policy, the greatest portion of it is indeed Biden policy. The sad part is that the democrats and the media are running in circles now trying to explain things away. It's the supply, it's the bad oil companies taking advantage of consumers, it's the Russia-Ukraine war, and myriad other convoluted explanations. Yet it is clear as the eye can see that two things are true here. Biden's energy policy and restrictions on oil mimics Obama's policy and under both presidents gas prices were high. When Trump was president gas prices were significantly lower. In fact, one has to keep in mind that what Biden essentially did was to almost entirely return to Obama policy since reversing Trump's policy pretty much did exactly that. Prices saw steep rises almost immediately after Biden signed his executive orders reversing Trump policy within hours of taking his oath of office. What this decision has essentially done is left everyone scrambling now to try to prove that Biden's policy is actually better. "We'll suspend the federal gas tax," say some. "Let's open up the strategic reserves," say others. Many states are now looking at gas tax moratoriums to try to address the issue that is badly hurting consumers. Especially those who are low income. California Governor Gavin Newsome now wants to hand out $400 gas cards to citizens to help ease the pain. Granted, the money comes from a budget surplus so essentially the plan would not cost taxpayers additional money. Yet still, it does not solve the underlying problem(s) actually driving prices skyward at the pump. Why not just scrap all of these ideas and do something we know worked and that we have the proof worked? Return to Trump's policy. It won't fix things immediately. Things take time. But for all intents and purposes it sure does seem like the best idea. This whole situation sort of feels like a major building fire happening with everyone filling buckets of water with a garden hose ignoring calling the fire department who can douse the flames much more effectively. Really folks. What's to think about? The answer is staring all of these people square in the face.