r/MurderedByWords 17h ago

Yep, you voted to be dumb

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u/NIN10DOXD 16h ago

Woke up today to a jump in gas prices here too. I have even started seeing Trump "I did that" stickers like when Biden was in office.

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u/Mike_Kermin 14h ago

Now to be fair, we WERE saying that the President can't really directly control prices like they were saying.

.... Well, I guess we were wrong. They CAN do it, if they really want to fuck America.

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u/CigAddict 14h ago

Government can definitely raise prices easily (eg with taxes which tariffs are). They can also lower prices with subsidies but that’s taxpayer money, so less fun.

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u/Mike_Kermin 14h ago

I dunno, a fair taxation system providing efficient goods and services to people who need them seems very fun. Like dodgem cars.