that won’t work. if everyone were to stop driving or relying on gas tomorrow. the oil companies would still raise the price because they are now “losing money” due to low demand and have to raise prices to make up for the make-believe money they are “losing”
No, with production then vastly too high they wound try to sell as much as possible to at least make some money before/during/after shutting down. But you are free point out where a product got obsolete/not bought and still more expensive despite high production in the past.
Right wing “solutions” to difficulties are always insincere, unreasonable nonsense like this.
Can’t pay your bills? Eat less! Can’t afford medical care? Shouldn’t have been unhealthy! Gas prices killing you? Drive less! Depressed and burned out? Just be happy and work harder! You think billionaires are greedy? Well what charities are you giving to!? Tired of capitalist exploitation? Stop buying stuff and go live in the woods! You love immigrants? Well then let them all live in your home!
Victim blaming dressed up as rugged individualism. Meanwhile those actually responsible for the hardships get off scot-free.
I assume he doesn’t think this should be paired with ramping up public transit options and bike and pedestrian friendly infrastructure
no, thats evil socialist communism, you unamerican traitor! /s
The trick to lowering gas prices is insert gif of guilottine coming down
You can pry my demand destruction from my cold hands by crashing the economy and laying me off!
And meanwhile, here in the UK, the average is $8.40 per US gallon at the current exchange rate.
Wait until he figures out that wfh is a great way to reduce driving
The fact that more employers haven’t jumped at WFH is so telling. It’s basically equivalent to an increase in salary, an improvement in employee work life balance, and a wider recruitment pool all wrapped into one without them actually having to do anything, except maybe spend LESS money on overhead.
It’s something we could easily change to improve the lives of everyone and help the environment. I’m really disappointed we’re not seeing more support for it.
Its because a massive amount of our real estate economy is propped up by artificially inflated office space which would kneecap a ton of corporate and REIT profits if they were to go down to actually affordable costs.
That would mean almost all employers are somehow invested in office space, so much that they rather cripple their business. But that is clearly not the case.
No, just the big corporate ones and specifically the Companies and groups that hold major stock in a lot of other corps.
I can’t think of many groups more richly deserving financial ruin.
And, let’s all return to the office while we’re driving less, right?
Return to the office, don’t return home. Don’t go anywhere else. No driving.
*points at forehead*
Build trolleys and trains you fuckers
And bicycle infrastructure, please.
Sorry didn’t you hear, bikes are dei now.
Isn’t using gas to drive somewhere dei too? Or happened that after 2026?
I think that depends on the day of the week
Trams*
Also, subways and more busses, just public transport overall (obviously).
Then you wind up with this problem
The trick to saving money is just to not do anything ever.
Fucking big brain they’ve got there! /s
Yeah you stupid pay pigs, don’t you know economics!? Supply and demand! Just stop demanding the resource we spent decades making indispensable and kept artificially scarce!
I would drive less if there were any decent public options that ran frequently.
Ever try waiting for a bus in South Florida sun, 95 deg F anf 100% humidity for 45 min just to have the driver wave you off because the bus is already full.
I bet the trick to lowering health care costs is to need health care less, too.
Aha! You’ve figured out their ingenuous strategy! /s
But seriously, what in the smooth-brained bullshit is this kind of logic?!
It’s the same shit they did & still do with COVID-19 testing. ‘If we do less tests, there will be less cases recorded! Problem solved!’
I save money on healthcare by spending 1/4 of my paycheck on health insurance and then absolutely never using it - hoping I cease existing if anything occurs.
These people literally don’t understand economics beyond the absolute basics of supply and demand.
Adds another lane: drive less!
Stops construction of another public transport project: Drive Less!!
Removes solar power and electric car subsidies: DRIVE Less!
Makes electric bikes illegal: DRIVE LESS!
(Party of freedom, btw)
If it were a dem saying this maga would be crying tyranny like they did with masks during covid.
Supports/encourages RTO policies: Drive less!
Forces for federal employees. More restrictive than pre COVID.