Biden pretends to give a shit. Why?

[shiva2999]

Could it be there's an election a week away?

https://www.rt.com/news/565702-biden-tax-war-profiteering/

 

1 Nov, 2022 03:01

HomeWorld News

 

Biden threatens new tax to end ‘war profiteering’

Record oil industry profits are 'hard to believe,' the US president has said

US President Joe Biden has vowed to impose new taxes to restrain the “excess profits” of American oil companies, insisting they must help lower prices for consumers, while accusing them of reaping undue benefits from the conflict in Ukraine.

The president took the oil industry to task during an address on Monday, speaking alongside Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Treasury head Janet Yellen. He argued that companies have seen “profits so high it’s hard to believe” since fighting erupted in Eastern Europe earlier this year, and must start acting beyond their “narrow self-interest.”

“Oil companies’ record profits today are not because they’re doing something new or innovative. Their profits are a windfall of war – the windfall from the brutal conflict that’s ravaging Ukraine and hurting tens of millions of people around the globe,” he said, adding that they have “a responsibility to act in the interest of their consumers, their community, and their country.”

The president went on to note the significant earnings reported this year by oil giants like Shell and Exxon, with the former company recently announcing $9.5 billion in profit for the third quarter of 2022, almost doubling what it made during the same period last year. Exxon, meanwhile, said it brought in $18.7 billion in profits the last quarter, “nearly triple what Exxon made last year and the most in its 152-year history,” Biden said. “It’s never made that much profit.”

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[Thebowflexbody]

All about the election.  Every bit forgotten/ignored the day after.

 

[ICRockets2]

Oh no it would just be so terrible if a good thing happened for reasons that were motivated by self-interest instead of genuine ideological rigor, that would somehow make the good thing bad instead is what I, a smart person, thinks

[Toofast80]

Biden isn’t a “Warhawk” 50 year politician, and Pelosi(s) are the victims. Seems very, very coincidental timing 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️!

[ICRockets2]

6 minutes ago, Toofast80 said:

Biden isn’t a “Warhawk” 50 year politician, and Pelosi(s) are the victims. Seems very, very coincidental timing 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️!

Counterpoint: it isn't a coincidence that Paul Pelosi was attacked in his home after a slew of rallies by Marjorie Taylor Greene where she calls Nancy a traitor and reminds everyone that the penalty for treason is death.  

[Thebowflexbody]

9 minutes ago, ICRockets2 said:

Oh no it would just be so terrible if a good thing happened for reasons that were motivated by self-interest instead of genuine ideological rigor, that would somehow make the good thing bad instead is what I, a smart person, thinks

LOL

[Thebowflexbody]

2 minutes ago, ICRockets2 said:

Counterpoint: it isn't a coincidence that Paul Pelosi was attacked in his home after a slew of rallies by Marjorie Taylor Greene where she calls Nancy a traitor and reminds everyone that the penalty for treason is death.  

LOL. You are a joke.  What WAS REALLY GOING ON in that Pelosi household while nasty Nancy was out of town?  God knows.  LOL

[Woody]

Any tax Sloppy Joe slaps onto the oil companies will be passed down to the consumer.  That doesn't help anybody but the shitbrained commies will eat that shit up.     

 

 

 

[ICRockets2]

1 hour ago, Woody said:

Any tax Sloppy Joe slaps onto the oil companies will be passed down to the consumer.  

 

 

 

What I don't understand is how you can diagnose this correctly and somehow not blame the corporation passing it down.  Why is this a dig against Joe Biden and not a dig against Exxon/Mobil?

[Woody]

2 minutes ago, ICRockets2 said:

What I don't understand is how you can diagnose this correctly and somehow not blame the corporation passing it down.  Why is this a dig against Joe Biden and not a dig against Exxon/Mobil?

Because that's how you interpreted it. 

 

[ICRockets2]

17 minutes ago, Woody said:

Because that's how you interpreted it. 

 

And also how you meant it, but I appreciate you tacitly acknowledging that your only hope to not get exposed as completely full of shit is to pretend that wasn't obvious.  

[Woody]

16 minutes ago, ICRockets2 said:

And also how you meant it, but I appreciate you tacitly acknowledging that your only hope to not get exposed as completely full of shit is to pretend that wasn't obvious.  

How do you know?  Are you a mind reader? 

 

[ICRockets2]

5 minutes ago, Woody said:

How do you know?  Are you a mind reader? 

 

No.  I'm a reader.  Words mean things, and when they're put together those put-togethers are called 'sentences' and they mean things too.  The ability to successfully discern the meanings of sentences is called 'literacy'.  When you become especially skilled at literacy you unlock new difficulty modes such as one known as 'subtext'. 

I assumed I was speaking to a high school graduate, so in a way this one's on me.  

[Woody]

1 minute ago, ICRockets2 said:

No.  I'm a reader.  Words mean things, and when they're put together those put-togethers are called 'sentences' and they mean things too.  The ability to successfully discern the meanings of sentences is called 'literacy'.  When you become especially skilled at literacy you unlock new difficulty modes such as one known as 'subtext'. 

I assumed I was speaking to a high school graduate, so in a way this one's on me.  

Well you assume too much.  You're going to put yourself behind the eight ball if you continue with that way of thinking. 

 

[Nuke]

When I heard Biden’s speech, I thought this move is somewhat clever. It reeks of desperation, but still clever. Gas prices have skyrocketed on the Democrats watch. Yet, Biden suddenly has the answer. A nuclear bomb that bring the oil companies to their knees. And only Joe and his Democrats can pull it off, a Republican house and Senate would only assure high gas prices stay.  We release this plan a week before the election, without a shred of evidence it would work. All we need to do is confuse a few undecided voters in a few close races. If this is such a great idea why didn’t they do it months ago?  High gas prices aren’t anything new. 

[HipKat]

9 hours ago, Woody said:

Any tax Sloppy Joe slaps onto the oil companies will be passed down to the consumer.  That doesn't help anybody but the shitbrained commies will eat that shit up.     

 

 

 

They should repeal the 40 Billion Dollar Tax Cut they gave the oil companies, since their combined profits equals 40 Billion

[f8ta1ity54]

13 hours ago, Thebowflexbody said:

LOL. You are a joke.  What WAS REALLY GOING ON in that Pelosi household while nasty Nancy was out of town?  God knows.  LOL

hook line and sinker.

These dopes will believe any conspiracy theory.

[f8ta1ity54]

14 hours ago, shiva2999 said:

Could it be there's an election a week away?

https://www.rt.com/news/565702-biden-tax-war-profiteering/

 

1 Nov, 2022 03:01

HomeWorld News

 

Biden threatens new tax to end ‘war profiteering’

Record oil industry profits are 'hard to believe,' the US president has said

US President Joe Biden has vowed to impose new taxes to restrain the “excess profits” of American oil companies, insisting they must help lower prices for consumers, while accusing them of reaping undue benefits from the conflict in Ukraine.

The president took the oil industry to task during an address on Monday, speaking alongside Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Treasury head Janet Yellen. He argued that companies have seen “profits so high it’s hard to believe” since fighting erupted in Eastern Europe earlier this year, and must start acting beyond their “narrow self-interest.”

“Oil companies’ record profits today are not because they’re doing something new or innovative. Their profits are a windfall of war – the windfall from the brutal conflict that’s ravaging Ukraine and hurting tens of millions of people around the globe,” he said, adding that they have “a responsibility to act in the interest of their consumers, their community, and their country.”

The president went on to note the significant earnings reported this year by oil giants like Shell and Exxon, with the former company recently announcing $9.5 billion in profit for the third quarter of 2022, almost doubling what it made during the same period last year. Exxon, meanwhile, said it brought in $18.7 billion in profits the last quarter, “nearly triple what Exxon made last year and the most in its 152-year history,” Biden said. “It’s never made that much profit.”

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Do you agree or disagree with a windfall tax on oil companies?

[shiva2999]

2 minutes ago, f8ta1ity54 said:

Do you agree or disagree with a windfall tax on oil companies?

Do you think price gouging is defensible?

Whatever the market will bear is the way to go?

[f8ta1ity54]

12 minutes ago, shiva2999 said:

Do you think price gouging is defensible?

Whatever the market will bear is the way to go?

OK I'll try again..

Do you agree or disagree with a windfall tax on oil companies, yes or no?

[shiva2999]

1 hour ago, f8ta1ity54 said:

OK I'll try again..

Do you agree or disagree with a windfall tax on oil companies, yes or no?

Why is a windfall tax the only option?

Why not start with making a request to the oil companies to lower their prices at the pumps  voluntarily until their profits drop to acceptable levels?

The companies could do it easily and no money would be wasted on an unnecessary bureaucracy.

[f8ta1ity54]

26 minutes ago, shiva2999 said:

Why is a windfall tax the only option?

Why not start with making a request to the oil companies to lower their prices at the pumps  voluntarily until their profits drop to acceptable levels?

The companies could do it easily and no money would be wasted on an unnecessary bureaucracy.

Are you going to answer my question?

[ICRockets2]

24 minutes ago, shiva2999 said:

Why is a windfall tax the only option?

Why not start with making a request to the oil companies to lower their prices at the pumps  voluntarily until their profits drop to acceptable levels?

The companies could do it easily and no money would be wasted on an unnecessary bureaucracy.

"Why can't we just ask the corporations to CHOOSE to make less money?" is a question no leftist would ever ask another leftist, so thanks for this clear-as-day evidence that you are not a leftist. 

To answer the question, though, since you obviously don't know the first fucking thing about capitalism: any oil company that did that would immediately fire its CEO for failing his fiduciary obligation to the bottom line.

[micknaboz]

2 hours ago, f8ta1ity54 said:

OK I'll try again..

Do you agree or disagree with a windfall tax on oil companies, yes or no?

He can't answer and face the wrath of his hero Putin.

[f8ta1ity54]

17 minutes ago, ICRockets2 said:

"Why can't we just ask the corporations to CHOOSE to make less money?" is a question no leftist would ever ask another leftist, so thanks for this clear-as-day evidence that you are not a leftist. 

To answer the question, though, since you obviously don't know the first fucking thing about capitalism: any oil company that did that would immediately fire its CEO for failing his fiduciary obligation to the bottom line.

Yea as fellow leftists we prefer that the government would just get on its knees and beg the capitalist class to just lower prices after its already exploited the American people out of billions of dollars. That seems like a solid plan. Jimmy Dore must be the mastermind behind that one.