Any other tin foil hat devotees out there think it may be possible Big Oil and Big Biz

[NoMoreRepugs]

are driving inflation by raising prices (gouging) in order to tank Democrat chances in the midterms?? In adition to the fact that they can of course gouge and get away with it.

[FalloutShelter]

1. It's EXACTLY what they're doing.

[WiVoter]

16. Yup

Not a doubt in my mind

[DanieRains]

2. Obviously Add Saudi Arabia To The List

Drill Baby drill....

[Hoyt]

3. If you take energy and food out, core inflation is still 6.2%.

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/core-inflation-rate

[pandr32]

4. Abso-f-ing-lutely!

I don't think you need to wear a tin-foil hat to believe this is likely.

[NoMoreRepugs]

10. It was a 'rhetorical post"....

[NoMoreRepugs]

17. Probably not, I think I know the answer to what I raised - it certainly wasn't for dramatic effect.

[JT45242]

6. All those requested and approved permits to drill and no increases in production..so , um yeah

Of course they are. Dems might undo the disastrous tax cut of TDFG.

[ManiacJoe]

19. Production is not the problem.

The problem is the lack of refineries in the USA due to NIMBY-ism.

[Bayard]

7. I can believe that

Making it all Biden's fault.

Our gas prices finally went up in the past few days here in south central KY. They were in the $3.60 range for months, and now at $4.15. Since Biden released millions of barrels from the reserves, it definitely looks like oil companies are to blame for continued high prices.

[Cracklin Charlie]

8. Of course they are.

They need to seat the autocracy from a position of power.

[Xavier Breath]

9. It's only logical they would do so.

It's a win-win for them.

[mopinko]

11. just had this convo on another thread- they did it to carter.

thought for a long time that the current insanity goes back to the hit job on carter.
before ru pulled the strings here, the saudis did. got their oil buddies to get together and wage economic warfare on the guy w the solar panels.
and a propaganda war. before it was a tan suit, it was a beer drinking brother.

[panader0]

12. No tin foil hat needed. It's absolutely what they're doing.

They probably have "Let's Go Brandon" painted on their mailboxes.
They're also mad at Joe's push for electric vehicles.

[RandiFan1290]

13. Zero doubt

Their media allies started talking about inflation as soon as trump lost.

[Wounded Bear]

14. Count me in! nt

[Mopar151]

20. The false god of Fiduciary Responsibility?

Thank Kirk Kekorian for this.... The management is supposed to serve the interests of the stockholders. To corporate sharks like Kekorian, that means whatever puts money in his pocket, TODAY! Big Oil & Big Corporate are bleeding their own operations going forward, by sucking maximum cash out to the shareholders now.