What President Biden And Democrats Can Do To Stabilize Gas Prices - The ReidOut - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

President Biden and the Democrats are attempting to address rising gas prices. An expert reveals their options for working with apparently recalcitrant oil and refinery companies on stabilizing gas prices and more. Aired on 06/15/2022.

[LT Barclay]

1. I'm starting to think there should be a point where a "business" becomes critical infrastructure.

Some time when it has eliminated any serious competition. Microsoft is critical to most computer systems and even those that are independent appear to have to match their standards, Amazon, petroleum, utilities, healthcare. All need an ultimatum of serve the common good or become government managed infrastructure.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. That's an excellent point. But then doesn't it depend on the type of government we have?

How many bills pass in the House, then die a slow death in the Senate? That's why we need a clear majority.

[LT Barclay]

3. I agree. I think the first step in that is to address "Citizen's United" somehow we need to end

the SCOTUS fantasy that money=speech and corporations are people.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Oh, yes! That's priority #1!

But with this SCOTUS, good luck with that.

[LT Barclay]

5. Maybe congress slip those definitions into a spending bill and then let it work it's way through the

courts again.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Well, we heard that he cut the taxes to bring the price down, but that only lasted days here

It's already hit over $5 in a couple of places here - everywhere else is $4.99. I filled up this week and it cost me $66 - and that's counting my 25-cents off a gallon with my grocery card and I wasn't on empty.