Biden - Approval

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(10-25-2022, 12:25 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Because they aren't passing massive stimulus bills this year.  


Actually, I've seen attacks from the right that directly tie the stimulus bill(s) to inflation.  What I find interesting is Biden saying he can't do anything about gas prices, blaming increases on Putin, and then claiming credit for lowering prices when they started to fall.  I get the ploy here, but either you're capable of changing gas prices or you're not.

To be fair, the President is capable of changing gas prices. If a president plunges us into a recession or ignores a pandemic such that it destroys thousands of jobs and forces millions to work from home, it will lead to fewer people going to work and traveling and that will lead to the price of gas going down. Likewise, if a president passes laws that help job creation, paired with a response to the pandemic that leads to people returning to work and returning to the office, the price of gas will go back up :)  .

The problem is many people seem to think you can raise or lower gas prices by signing an executive order or something.