by Marilyn Wolff, Stevensville
Consumer prices are up. Gas prices are increasing and in Montana were $2.60 per gallon prior to the Musk/Trump slash and burn of government agencies to get their trillions of dollars in tax cuts for the wealthiest.
Tariffs are a tax on consumers and kill jobs. Think about all the government and business job losses now and in the future.
The stock market is down. How’s your retirement fund doing? Red states like Montana will be hit hardest as our state receives the second largest amount of federal subsidies nationwide.
Ask farmers and ranchers how they feel about the tariffs. Where will they market their grains and meat?
More than a war plan on a public app was recently exposed. So was the stupidity and dangerous disregard for our military by cabinet members acting like teenagers with their fist bump texts. Our GOP dominated Congress was and is silent and inept.
Solution: Vote in the mid term elections and help stop the chaos.
Kevin says
Markets change hourly just like the Climate. I bet you won’t see $5..00/gal gasoline under Trump. How easily the losing party forgets.
Howard S. says
I’m wasting my time with you, but WEATHER changes hourly. CLIMATE is stable over years, or at least it used to be.
And if Trump triggers a recession, the price of gas will likely go way down. Am I supposed to be cheering for that?
Mike Miller says
wma, you’re nitpickingly correct on the climate/weather difference, but you glaringly ignore the fact that “Markets change hourly” that Kevin stated. All you have to do is observe the end of day reports from any stock market to know this, but you either don’t know or won’t recognize that fact because of your hate.
You stated “if Trump triggers a recession, the price of gas will likely go way down”. Really? What’s your source for that opinion? Ohhh, that’s right, you’re not big on sources; I’ll help you out: according to Forbes (Mar 08, 2023, Robert Rapier), gas went UP during “The Great Recession” when obama was president, went DOWN went Trump was #45, UP when biden was president (higher even than when obama was in office!), and are s lower than when biden was president in 2023.
You sure come across as a “feelings over facts” person, and certainly not tolerant, and open-minded.
Howard S. says
The pandemic caused a global economic shutdown, which severely reduced demand for petroleum. This caused a major drop in oil prices. At one point, the oversupply was so great that the price of a barrel of oil was negative, meaning companies were paying to get rid of their excess oil. This is why gas was cheap at the end of Trump’s first presidency. It had nothing to do with him, as president’s don’t really have much control over the price of oil/gas. Unless, of course, through pure ignorance and incompetence the president deliberately tanks the economy and causes a recession. This could lead to a drop in gas prices, but so many other things contribute to those prices that it’s hard to predict. It all comes down to simple supply and demand.
Mike Miller says
BLAHBLAHBLAH. What you just rambled on about means nothing, because it has NOTHING to do with what you said earlier that I disproved you with a reliable source.
Mike Miller says
I mistakenly called you “wma”; I meant “:howard”.