Pres. Candidate Michelle Bachmann: I'll bring back $2 gas

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LINKPresidential Candidate Bachmann&#x27;s quoteThe day that the President became President, gasoline was $1.79 a &#xD;&#xA;gallon. Look at what it is today. Under President Bachmann, you will see&#xD;&#xA; gasoline come down below $2 a gallon again. That will happen.I am wondering how Bachmann would bring gas prices down if she was elected president.In December 2008, gas price was 1.79 a gallonwhen President Obama was inaugurated gas price was 1.81Gas price was 1.81 a gallon because there was a recession ( U.S and world wide)  . Not because the U.S was pumping more oil, nor were the Saudis flooding the market with more oil.gas price went from 4.05 a gallon  (mid-july 2008 ) to 1.79 a gallon ( December 2008)  because of supply and demand. Retail Gasoline Historical PricesLINK

ilsp2003 · Answer

LINKPresidential Candidate Bachmann&#x27;s quoteThe day that the President became President, gasoline was $1.79 a &#xD;&#xA;gallon. Look at what it is today. Under President Bachmann, you will see&#xD;&#xA; gasoline come down below $2 a gallon again. That will happen.I am wondering how Bachmann would bring gas prices down if she was elected president.In December 2008, gas price was 1.79 a gallonwhen President Obama was inaugurated gas price was 1.81Gas price was 1.81 a gallon because there was a recession ( U.S and world wide)  . Not because the U.S was pumping more oil, nor were the Saudis flooding the market with more oil.gas price went from 4.05 a gallon  (mid-july 2008 ) to 1.79 a gallon ( December 2008)  because of supply and demand. Retail Gasoline Historical PricesLINK

KOAJ · Answer

she is an idioteither demand needs to be crushed, supply needs to be through the roof or we need to stop printing tons of dollarsshe would have no control over eithercarter tried price controls in the 70s, producers stopped producing because they werent making their money backcentral planners with an R next to their name and no better than their D counterparts

zcoach99 · Answer

KOAJ, I respect your views (even though we disagree), and know that you make it a point to distance the Tea baggers from MB. The problem is, she is considered the tea bagger candidate by 95% of those who think they are Tea baggers. See, the problem is recruiting people who are below average in IQ. You end up with people like MB as your leader.

Very sad.

KOAJ · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by zcoach99]  KOAJ, I respect your views (even though we disagree), and know that you make it a point to distance the Tea baggers from MB. The problem is, she is considered the tea bagger candidate by 95% of those who think they are Tea baggers. See, the problem is recruiting people who are below average in IQ. You end up with people like MB as your leader. &#xD;&#xA;Very sad.  [/Quote]there is no recruitment, it just is. each TP is its own and they are not uniform in in their view nor their leadership. my local TP is meeting with the Tea Party Patriots group leaders this weekend. i have no interest so i&#x27;m not going. i and some others will be going to this https://lfnyc.com/ in a few weeks. most of my local TP thinks i&#x27;m a loonthe TP should be closer to libertarian, but 90% of them have facebook posts that have a pic of GW Bush asking "Miss me yet?"they are unlearning 35&#x2B; years of public schooling, cnn, fox, msnbc brainwashing crap. they are learning about finance for the first time, the Fed, they still like bombing muslims and think they hate us for our freedomsi try to have patience and just keep emailing articles, blogs, asking questions and getting them to find their own way over to the good guys

esplanade · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by zcoach99]  KOAJ, I respect your views (even though we disagree), and know that you make it a point to distance the Tea baggers from MB. The problem is, she is considered the tea bagger candidate by 95% of those who think they are Tea baggers. See, the problem is recruiting people who are below average in IQ. You end up with people like MB as your leader. &#xD;&#xA;Very sad.  [/Quote]Actually you end up with obama, but hey continue to delude yourself. His voter base was blinded by color and near brain dead.

chilitokid · Answer

In all honesty what is the difference what gas prices are really. The Government knows people are willing to pay $3.50 a gallon. Let's say Bachman wins as President and lowers the gas price to $2 a gallon for sake of argument. There is $1.50 now that the States can tax and call it 'a road use tax'. Bottom line gas is still $3.50/gal.

zcoach99 · Answer

&#xD;&#xA; &#xD;&#xA;Well put Sir.

lordspoint · Answer

she is as much of an idiot as Obama and many many others regardless of party

campaigning is like dating.....tell them what they want to hear so you can get what you want

Sad part is the American people actually get fucked (some would call it rape)

jinvegas · Answer

govt already makes more on gas than oil companies (which only make in the 10c-15c range/gal).  if bachman can somehow get the oil price to cut in half then maybe she really could be president.  maybe her 2nd thing to do would be to magically disarm the middle east.  and her 3rd thing would be to magically make food readily available for everyone in the world.until that time (of getting oil prices to drop) her promise is no different than any other politician promising the impossible to get voters.

djbrow · Answer

&#xD;&#xA;Good post. &#xD;&#xA;I was thinking the other day when I read this how ironic it is because since gas prices are essentially impacted by external factors, the only way she could control the prices would be the governmental regulation she abhors.

jopiscopo · Answer

low oil prices are critical to our economy. Green campain benefits from high oil prices.

jinvegas · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by djbrow]  &#xD;&#xA;Good post. &#xD;&#xA;I was thinking the other day when I read this how ironic it is because since gas prices are essentially impacted by external factors, the only way she could control the prices would be the governmental regulation she abhors.   [/Quote]or we could take over iraq,.... under saddam gas was .25c/gal.  people there &#x27;rioted&#x27; when after the invasion it shot up to .50c/galbut its a good thing these amazing new cars dont need any gashttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10931064its just a shame only 16 people have themor the hundreds of people who have these oneshttps://www.thenewamerican.com/tech-mainmenu-30/environment/8450-chevy-volt-sales-plummet-as-the-electric-car-market-slumps

TheGoldenGoose · Answer

or you could stop cherry picking your links and give the full facts...https://green.autoblog.com/2011/08/02/electric-superiority-nissan-leaf-sales-hit-931-chevy-volt-at-1/

SashimiKid · Answer

I remember pelosi making the same promise how did that work out for us? Politicians are disgusting pieces of shit

KOAJ · Answer

https://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/17/citing-a-lack-of-usage-costco-removes-e-v-chargers/

depeche2 · Answer

Talk is cheap.  Does she explain somewhere HOW exactly she would do this?

cd329 · Answer

Pretty funny considering OPEC and the oil speculators basically control the price of oil, not any President democrat or republican

Renton · Answer

This woman is out of touch with reality.It&#x27;s disappointing that she has a legitimate shot at representing the GOP as their nominee.

Pres. Candidate Michelle Bachmann: I'll bring back $2 gas

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