A lot of Biden critics and Democrat-haters seem to think Republican presidents keep gas prices low while Democrats send them higher. In a way, that squares with Biden’s effort to reduce fossil-fuel use and pivot to renewables.
But are gas prices really higher under Democratic presidents? Not by much. To answer the question, you have to analyze gas prices in constant dollars, adjusted for inflation, since the nominal price of many things goes up over time. Adjusting for inflation tells us how much things in the past would cost in today’s dollars.
Under Democrats Carter, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and now Joe Biden, the average gas price has been $2.96 per gallon, in 2022 dollars. Under Republicans Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Donald Trump, the average price was $2.84. So yeah, gas prices are higher under Democrats … by 12 cents.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/13/white-house-us-joe-biden-oil-output-prices-saudi-arabia-uae
ReplyDeleteHow to lose friends, and strengthen enemies, Biden style
KA morality always must be ignored if there is monetary concerns and therefore Biden must be wrong
ReplyDeletebut no moral problems with cosying up to dictators in Venezuela and Iran, for cheap oil...
ReplyDeleteBTW - there is no morality here, only immorality.
ReplyDeleteBiden has called KSA and UAE to get more oil from them, and they refused his call. So Biden is not taking a moral stand - it is just that he needs to compensate for loss of Russin oil, by mekareiving those who he formerly criticised.
Read the article again
ReplyDeleteWhat does cozying up mean?
ReplyDeletehttps://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cosy-up-to-sb
ReplyDeleteMeaning of cosy up (to sb) in English
cosy up (to sb) — phrasal verb with cosy verb UK (US cozy)
to be very friendly to someone with the hope of getting an advantage:
it means they are making a quick peace, or at least concessions, to dictators whom they have long boycotted - eg Venezeula
Funny, because he could've called Canada. We have plenty to share but for some reason, neither Biden nor Trudeau want to build pipelines. Apparently when you don't build pipelines but instead import oil using carbon-producing tankers from terrorist-sponsoring companies, it's good for the environment.
ReplyDeletePlease provide sources that Biden is being very friendly to dictators in Iran and Venezuela
ReplyDeletehttps://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-washington-pins-easing-venezuela-sanctions-direct-oil-supply-us-2022-03-09/
ReplyDeleteMaduro
Also iran
ReplyDeletehttps://www.google.com/amp/s/indianexpress.com/article/explained/russia-ukraine-war-us-iran-venezuela-oil-supply-7815144/lite/
Wow it says they are in negotiations - how is that cozyup?!
ReplyDeletehow is boycott of Russian oil a cherem?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/accommodating-iran-will-be-no-more-successful-than-accommodating-russia
ReplyDeleteHe says what about negotiation?
ReplyDeleteHis point is that you must detroy Iran
You solution is to drop an atomic bomb on them?
who mentioned cherem?!
ReplyDeletea more cynical view of the causes of the war
ReplyDeletehttps://robertspencer.org/2022/03/a-bear-trap
actually, the "cherem" in modern terms is like a boycott.
ReplyDeleteIf you place a cherem on somebody, people will no longer be allowed to buy from his store.
The idea of buying oil from Venezuela is simply saying he is the lesser of 2 evils - but the boycott has to be eased or lifted for it to work.
The 2 options are cherem or cozying up.
when there was no cherem on Russia, some people were accusing the West of cozying up to them.
false dichotomy!
ReplyDeleteIt is not conical - simply wrong!
ReplyDeleteCherem in modern Hebrew is also to boycott.
ReplyDeleteWhen we allowed Russian oligarchs to bring their billions into the west, it was cosying up to Russia.
How do you know if it is right or wrong? It's an opinion. Do you also think his analysis of the Afghanistan invasion is wrong?
ReplyDeletestrange definition!
ReplyDeleteThis is how the phrase is commonly used
ReplyDeletehttps://theconversation.com/fifa-has-finally-acted-against-russia-but-it-doesnt-undo-a-long-history-of-cosying-up-to-putin-178035
not being hostile isnt cosying up!
ReplyDeleteIt's actually a similar phenomenon in orthodoxy.
ReplyDeleteA rav who sits with reform and conservative and suggests a joint bet din is accused of cosying up to reform.
cosying up means being unconditionally friendly/ Like trump is with Putin
ReplyDeleteIf I offer to be more friendy like trump was with Zelensky that is not cosying up
not unconditional
ReplyDeletein politics it has darker meaning
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cosy-up-to-sb
Meaning of cosy up (to sb) in English
— phrasal verb with cosy verb UK (US cozy)
uk
/ˈkəʊ.zi/ us
/ˈkoʊ.zi/
to be very friendly to someone with the hope of getting an advantage:
Opponents say he has a record of cosying up to polluters and accepting their campaign donations.
if a YU rabbi made a joint bd for geirus, he would be cosying up with reform. even worse .
ReplyDeleteThis is the usage of the term that I am familair with:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/16/saudi-regime-executed-boris-johnson-russian-oil
"The Saudi regime just executed 81 people – so why is Boris Johnson cosying up to it?"