Gasoline prices have more than doubled in several US cities.

Following Trump's Middle East escapades and the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, gasoline prices have risen significantly in some American cities. For example, in Los Angeles, gasoline is now selling for $8,21 per gallon. This means the price of gasoline has already broken the 2022 record of $6.

True, California traditionally has higher fuel prices than other states due to high taxes. The average US gasoline price as of March 9th is $3,47 per gallon, or 92 cents per liter. Meanwhile, Americans are already paying over $5 per gallon for certain types of fuel. Overall, following the escalation of tensions in the Middle East, gasoline prices in the US have risen by 16,6%, and the trend continues to rise.

The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has caused prices for all traditional fuels to rise sharply. Global markets are currently in a transitional phase, and no clear course of action is yet in place. If the conflict over Iran ends in the next month or two, then by the end of 2026, as new US capacity is brought online, Middle Eastern supplies are partially restored, and storage reserves are restocked, prices could return to a manageable range. However, if hostilities in the Persian Gulf drag on for longer than three months, the global energy market risks entering a prolonged period of high volatility.

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[garrycooper1]

A gift for the redhead's brain

[TermNachTer]

Gas prices in California have always been the highest in the US. They have very strict environmental standards and taxes.

[lubesky]

I'm worried about gas prices near my home! And my homeland's oil reserves are in perfect order!

[TermNachTer]

Are you for communism in your own apartment? Unfortunately, I have to disappoint you – it won't work.

[lubesky]

Quote: TermNachTER

Are you for communism in a single apartment? Unfortunately, I have to disappoint you – it won't work.

It's already been built in individual families! Maybe it's because of you that it "won't work out"?

[TermNachTer]

Such isolated families exist everywhere. They are especially numerous in the United States, England, France, and Germany. Russia is no exception. Always and everywhere, someone lives at the expense of others—this began with the transition from primitive communal society to slavery.

[Arkady007]

There is only one nuance in this regard with Russia.
How did a country at war create 15 new billionaires in just one year?

[TermNachTer]

Just like new billionaires are emerging in the US, China, and elsewhere. I, too, am for social justice and responsible business. Unfortunately, I haven't encountered any.

[lubesky]

Quote: TermNachTER

Such isolated families exist everywhere. They are especially numerous in the United States, England, France, and Germany. Russia is no exception. Always and everywhere, someone lives at the expense of others—this began with the transition from primitive communal society to slavery.

Thanks for the educational program, colleague! I didn't know all this! So, you're the guardian of the current system in Russia, and I have no right to make any fair requests, and you're the one who determines whether it works or not, and what communism is?

[TermNachTer]

I'm not on guard; I don't even live in Russia. I see everything from the outside, although I have friends in Russia too.

[bayard]

Quote: lubesky

and what is communism?

Well, in China they translated this foreign word into Chinese characters and they got - POWER OF CLANS. Those. - communities\communes. In Russian villages before the revolution there were mainly communities and all vital issues were decided at the community council. Those. That's where Communism was. Developed Communism on the basis of rural and urban communities through their development was going to be built by the Slavophiles led by Sharapov (leader of the so-called "Black Hundreds" in 1905-1907), so Sharapov was going to build Developed Communism. Moreover, Alexander-3 approved its development programs for implementation. And what should the Communist Russian Empire have looked like in 1955? He described it in his science fiction story "After the Victory of the Slavophiles", published in 1905. It is precisely for the popularization of its reform program in the Republic of Ingushetia. The Orthodox communists were also supposed to reform the Church - separation of Church from State, universal election of priests by parishes from among themselves, and bishops - at local city councils. Moreover, Sharapov was not at all delirious with the general nationalization of the means of production, but was in favor of the state’s participation in the development of industry and the construction of industrial enterprises necessary for the country at the state’s expense, but with the subsequent right of redemption by its director or a group of shareholders. Moreover, during construction, the director immediately received 20% of the shares of his future enterprise, but he only took possession of his share after the enterprise was launched and reached its planned capacity. After which he was offered to either buy out the already launched enterprise himself, or offer/invite a group of shareholders for a joint buyout, or leave the enterprise in state ownership. But the management of enterprises by the state was considered to be obviously less effective. Stalin thought so too, so after WWII he began to develop Industrial Cooperation - the state allocated credit and the necessary resources to create, say, a radio engineering plant (for the production of radio receivers, radiograms, tape recorders (I've seen such... (these were simply aesthetic masterpieces), the state gave the enterprise a standard charter, approved the director, the management team was approved by the collective council, all members of the collective were shareholders and participated in the profits of the enterprise. Such enterprises gained momentum very quickly, paid off loans, developed, responded very flexibly to market needs, and Soviet people earned very good money at such enterprises. But the employee could not sell his share, and all these aspects were very carefully written out in the standard charter of the enterprise, which was issued and approved by the state. This is exactly the kind of communism/socialism/Voluntary Society of Free People of the Human Type that comrade Stalin built according to the templates and developments of comrade Sharapov (he died after an assassination attempt by Witte's agents in 1911). It was Sharapov's students who brought the Bolsheviks all those amazing economic programs that created previously unseen miracles of Industrialization, Collectivization, Mechanization of agriculture by creating inter-district MTS, Electrification (GOELRO Plan), Financial Reform, Reform of the Education System and the Healthcare System (the best in the world and the envy of many countries), created the magnificent Stalinist State Planning Committee, headed it and put their plans into practice.
This is what Communism is, not Khrushchev's caricatures.

Incidentally, history tells of a funny incident. Once, Russian members of the Narodnaya Volya (People's Will) came to Karl Marx with the request "teach us communism." Karl looked at them in surprise and replied:
- But you came from Russia! You still have rural communities in your villages!! Develop them, provide education, culture, and you will have Communism. And in the cities, based on trade unions organized on the principle of communities, do the same.
The Russian Narodnaya Volya members were surprised, did not understand the old Jew, and went to organize their own - the Second International.
By the way, this is not a joke.

[Chack wessel]

In Russian villages before the revolution, there were mostly communities, and all vital issues were decided at the community council. That is, Communism was there.

...There was no communism there. Although the communities resolved common issues, they were, indeed, common ones. The peasants, however, managed their farms individually, each on their own field. Naturally, the proceeds from the sale of their produce went only to the peasants themselves; they did not contribute this revenue to the community. And, of course, there was no distribution "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" in the community.

[bayard]

Quote: Chack Wessel

...There was no communism there.

Young man (regardless of age), just translate the foreign word into Russian. Even the romantic French word "revolution" probably conjures up some false fantasies in you. "Revolution" means a coup! Simply a COUP. No romanticism involved. And Communism is the power of the community. In Russian villages, there were COMMUNITIES. And life in these communities was determined by meetings of community members, and there was an elected headman. Remember how they called "Grandfather Kalinin" in the USSR?
All-Russian Headman!!!
This is how the Russian people themselves determined the status of this man. Because he headed the councils.

Quote: Chack Wessel

The peasants ran the farm individually, each in his own field.

And so, living in the Risky Farming climate zone, they often went hungry due to crop failures, poor harvests, and the fact that it was very difficult for one peasant to plow and sow a field in a short time. Nor was it easy to harvest before the rains—summers are short. That's why Sharapov conducted an experiment on his estate: he assembled a community council and persuaded his former peasants to create an agricultural cooperative for the joint cultivation of communal fields. He then helped them acquire agricultural equipment of his own invention (over twenty patents), which he manufactured himself with his coachman/blacksmith, and then helped them acquire a steam engine. Thanks to this organization, the peasants completed the harvest much more quickly, and yields increased. A light plow with adjustable plowing depth, a horse-drawn reaper, a steam engine for threshing and woodworking... And the community he assembled began to prosper. People grew rich, got rid of their debts, and began to develop their estates. Children went to school, and he arranged for the most intelligent ones to attend a gymnasium, and then they studied to become agronomists and engineers. This was at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Thus, he created the first collective farm and confirmed in practice the correctness of the idea of ​​collectivization – the creation of communal agricultural cooperatives. But since tractors and other equipment were needed to ease the labor of rural workers, and the peasants would not be able to operate it competently, he then came up with the idea of ​​​​creating Interdistrict Machine-Technical Stations, which would service such agricultural communities on a contract basis. All these economic programs were not devised by the Bolsheviks, but specifically by Sharapov and his associates. And they were later implemented in the USSR under Stalin.
But once again, personally for you.
Communism is a form of organizing the life of Society through the development of Collectivism and Solidarity.
And Socialism is a form of organization of the State and Society. Through the construction of a Solidary Society of Free People of the Human Type.

Quote: Chack Wessel

Of course, the proceeds from the sale of products were used only by these peasants, the owners of the field.

You're talking about what Stolypin was trying to do—destroy the communes and turn Russian peasants into "German farmers." This didn't take into account the climate, labor intensity, or productivity of farming under such conditions. Stolypin relied on "strong landowners" and thereby created a class of kulaks and bloodsuckers who didn't buy tractors and agricultural machinery (which was necessary for Industrialization—demand was needed), but instead began to mercilessly exploit their fellow villagers, turning them into indentured debtors—they worked off their debts by working for the kulaks. It was these bloodsucking kulaks who created the revolutionary situation in the countryside (at least 83% of Russia's population at the time).
When Sharapov founded the agricultural cooperative, his slogan was "Grow rich together!" He didn't contribute to the community's income; he helped it organize itself properly and establish its life and work. And they paid the ransom (as appointed by the tsar) very quickly and without burdening themselves (as was the case throughout Russia).

Quote: Chack Wessel

They did not bring this proceeds to the community.

No They earned their income from selling grain and other communal fields. They divided it according to their labor contributions. But everyone had their own gardens and vegetable plots, their own personal farms. Simply by working together and using mechanization, they plowed, sowed, and harvested at will, threshed quickly, and received a better price by selling in large quantities. It's better to read about this in his book, "After the Victory of the Slavophiles."

Quote: Chack Wessel

And, of course, there was no distribution “from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs” in the community.

You've been reading too much Marx. This Jewish youth (the son of a respected rabbi) received a good education, demonstrated talent, and received a grant from the City of London to write a textbook on political economy. And he wrote it—it's called "Capital." Sharapov highly praised the first two parts, which had already become widely known, and even recommended that Alexander III compel his heir, Nicholas, to attend the full course of lectures on political economy based on Marx's "Capital." And he did... looking out the window and counting the crows.
Don't forget why the last two parts of "Capital" were written. They were the ones that gave rise to those very "revolutionary movements" (revolution - COUP in French) for the destruction of empires and large European states, for the victory of Rothschild banking capital over local governments, financial and banking systems, after which the World Bank and the IMF were to be created to govern and own the entire world through representative offices of the World Bank and the IMF in the form of regional central banks (the Central Bank in the Russian Federation is an example of external control). The slogan of "communism" you cited was invented as a decoy. This, of course, was a deception and a trap for the lumpen. This slogan has nothing to do with communal life (Communism) ... But it is implemented, for example, in places of detention, say, in labor camps and zones, where each person takes according to his abilities, and food, water, clothing and anything else is given out according to need. The standards for the needs of prisoners are determined by legislation and the administration of the correctional institution.
Believe me, Sharapov and Stalin were much deeper and more well-intentioned than that same Karl.

[Chack wessel]

Are you sure you know the saying "brevity is the sister of talent"?

[bayard]

Quote: Chack Wessel

Are you sure you know the saying "brevity is the sister of talent"?

This is for online trolls and the illiterate with clip-based thinking.

[bayard]

The minuses are not from me, but they are certainly deserved.

[Chack wessel]

In the community, were the means of production and land common? :)

[bayard]

In which community? In Sharapov's organized agricultural cooperative (as later in collective farms), there was communal property and personal property in the farmsteads. Simply by sharing, it was possible to purchase expensive, complex, highly productive agricultural machinery and ease the labor of cultivating communal fields. Merchant communities (especially among the Old Believers) and artels also operated this way—on shares and with a share in the profits depending on labor and share contributions. This was a common practice.
Have you seen the fairy tale film "Sadko"? Savva Morozov, for example, ran his business not with his own capital, but with contributions from the Old Believer community. This wasn't unheard of, and the principle of solidarity was in effect at the level of self-organization of societies and businesses. Even back then.

Quote: Chack Wessel

and the land was common?

But the land in the community was indeed common, and after a few years, at a community council, it was redistributed depending on the number of people eating - who had children, who died. Special care was taken of widows and soldiers' wives (whose husbands were serving). The community helped them plow the land, and bring in the harvest, and fix up their houses. Newlyweds were also taken care of - the whole community built a house for the newlyweds, sometimes in one day (if all the materials were prepared in advance). This tradition lasted for a long time even under Soviet power. I myself participated in similar affairs in my youth. Quick, fun, we finished it in half a day and - a feast. Not for money, they simply agreed in advance on a day off and did in half a day what a hired team could drag out for a couple of weeks. Now this has long ceased to exist.

[Piramidon]

Quote: TermNachTER

This began at the moment of transition from the primitive communal system to slavery.

Even in primitive society, leaders and shamans received the best pieces of mammoth meat, and some gnawed on the bones.

[lubesky]

Quote: TermNachTER

Are you for communism in your own apartment? Unfortunately, I have to disappoint you – it won't work.

By the way, colleague, do you also call the rise in gasoline prices here, while oil prices are falling and fuel prices are falling all over the world, communism?

[TermNachTer]

The rise in fuel prices in Russia, parallel to the fall in global oil prices, is a rather complex process. After 2014, it can be explained by sanctions; before that, there were also objective preconditions. I want to clarify that the fairy tale that falling oil prices automatically entails falling fuel prices at gas stations worldwide is simply a fairy tale. My friends and acquaintances live almost all over Europe and the US. So, after the price hike in 2022, oil prices almost halved, and prices at gas stations in Germany and France dropped by 25-30 eurocents. And now they're starting to pick up steam. Gas and electricity prices have also increased significantly.

[lubesky]

Quote: TermNachTER

My acquaintances and friends live almost all over Europe and the USA

Ahh, well, where can I go with my opinion? You are apparently “successful and well-established,” with a deep understanding of economics and pricing processes.

[TermNachTer]

No, I'm someone who forms my opinion about life in a particular country not from the media, but from conversations with people I know personally. I'm not successful or out of place; it's just that when the USSR collapsed, I found myself outside of Russia.

[lubesky]

Quote: TermNachTER

I ended up not in Russia

Then, please leave your opinion about my fair price demands in MY homeland for your "compatriots," especially about "naive communism," colleague! Sincerely!

[TermNachTer]

You and I share a common homeland: the USSR. It's not my fault that I find myself outside of Russia. Looking at the situation from the outside is always helpful.

[Chack wessel]

I'd like to tell you what it's called, but the moderators are watching! :)

[Xenon]

More and more Americans welcome Trump's policies!

[Neo-9947]

This is of course very important for us.
Considering the average US salary of $5200 per month, an American's salary would buy 5,600 liters of gasoline.
And in Russia, with my salary (roughly 100,000 rubles), I can buy 1785 liters of 95th grade gasoline.

How can I not feel sorry for the American who will buy 3 times more than me?

[Vadim S]

There's more to come, a chain reaction will spread everywhere. I'm more concerned about what's going to happen here. Summer cottage season is coming soon, and we love to raise prices, no matter whether the barrel is falling or rising!

[Murmur 55]

Vadim S, sowing season is coming soon; prices always increase during sowing and harvesting seasons.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

They're planning to expand our paid parking zone. The tram runs every 15-20 minutes in the morning, making it difficult to squeeze in.

[Murmur 55]

Sergey Alexandrovich, it's like this everywhere (or almost everywhere): private cars are being pushed out of city centers and nearby areas and pushed to the outskirts.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

I don't care what it's like everywhere else. I don't understand how my child is supposed to get to school now; he has to take public transportation, and I have to go to work.
The car was frozen in ice in the middle of winter, so we had to take the tram, which was almost impossible to get into.

[Murmur 55]

Sergei Alexandrovich, I myself am not delighted with what is happening, but who takes our opinion into account?

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

It seems impossible to come up with anything more stupid than restricting the mobility of city residents.

[Murmur 55]

Sergey Alexandrovich, unfortunately, it is possible, and there is much more in all areas of life support.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

Stupidity shouldn't be the state's slogan. Something's clearly wrong here.

[nepunamemuk]

Buy a tram and ride like everyone else 😪

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

You can't even fit on a tram; they're packed. Children can't even fit on trams, especially since there are several neighborhoods in our Central District where the distance to school is 1,5-2 km. Mind you, this isn't a rural estate, but that's exactly the distance to the schools.
There have been cases before where families with children moved out due to the distance to schools.

[Flooding]

It is impossible to provide the ever-increasing number of car owners with free, or even paid, parking in cities.
Public transport is not a relic of the past, but an integral part of modern urban life.
This will have to be realized and accepted.
A relic of the Soviet past is rather the whims of car owners who consider parking under the window to be the norm.

[Dedok]

A relic of the Soviet past is rather the whims of car owners who consider parking under the window to be the norm.

If we were talking about Singapore, there would be no questions about such a decision...
But we are talking about Russia, why are we being driven into ghettos and human anthills, there is not enough space?

[Flooding]

But this is the right question.
But it’s not about parking or the dominance of cars in the city.

[Cool90]

Well, city centers aren't made of rubber either, so the more cars there are, the more paid parking there will be. There are no other options.
maybe in the future when flying cars appear

[Vadim S]

We already have paid parking around and inside the entire residential complex, but I wouldn't give up my car. I need a dacha, or rather a house in the middle of nowhere, to rest my mind from the hustle and bustle of noise and the hordes of bio-waste. And if anything happens, again, I'd like a place to lay low. So screw it all, we'll keep going.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

Again, we need to look at the wage ratio. If parking starts eating up 10 to 20% of earnings, it's impossible to use. And the people who own the place need their staff, too, but they'll start being driven out of the city center; they won't even be able to get to work.

[Cool90]

Are you talking about the people, crowds of bio-waste? Well, you are part of the people too, it turns out, and you are bio-waste too.

[Flooding]

Quote: Kull90

Are you talking about the people, crowds of bio-waste? Well, you are part of the people too, it turns out, and you are bio-waste too.

Depends on where you look.
The more expensive a personal car and the more prestigious the living space, the more bio-waste there is outside their windows.
It's something optical.

[Vadim S]

Are you dissatisfied?! That's encouraging, it means I'm doing everything right, and a lot has already been done right! 👍

[tralflot1832]

And who are these mysterious players who have started buying up oil? Is the US not very dependent on Persian Gulf oil? And the oil price is somehow off.

[Murmur 55]

tralflot1832, Democratic Party of the United States

[topol717]

Our gas prices are about the same. And considering Americans earn twice as much and pay half as much in taxes, they shouldn't care at all.

[Cool90]

The tax in Russia is 13%.
Tax in the USA: Federal income tax from 10% to 37%.
State income tax from 3% to 10%.
Social Security tax is 6,2% of salary.
Health insurance tax - 1,45%.

Gasoline prices, judging by the article, are higher than in Russia.

And minus housing and communal services, apartment rentals, the Americans don't care at all

[topol717]

Quote: Kull90

The tax in Russia is 13%.
Tax in the USA: Federal income tax from 10% to 37%.

Firstly, 13% is the minimum in Russia, while in the US, some low-income families pay nothing at all. And you've also forgotten about the deductions from wages paid by employers. And then there's VAT, which is 22% in Russia.

[Cool90]

13% is a tax based on the average Russian salary; there's no need to include low-income people (though maybe half of the US is homeless, in which case it could be taken into account).
Social contributions are paid by the employer and have nothing to do with salary tax, but in the US, the employee pays taxes and social contributions 50/50 with the employer, and there is also a sales tax.
and it's somehow stupid to add VAT to the salary tax

[Cool90]

And what you're writing is just a standard guide; such stupid comments pop up everywhere, even under cartoons.

90% of taxes are paid by the employer from the payroll fund and other nonsense

[topol717]

Quote: Kull90

And what you're writing is just a standard guide; such stupid comments pop up everywhere, even under cartoons.

You're the one with the manual. A worker in Russia first pays 35% + 13% tax when trying to earn money, then 22% tax when trying to spend it. I'm not even mentioning the excise taxes on vodka and gasoline. That's even more +++. And I'm not even taking into account the profit tax the company pays after all this. No one else in the world pays so much in taxes. But that's how it was in the USSR, and nothing has changed in Russia in this regard.

[Cool90]

A worker in Russia pays 13% tax on his salary and that's it.
A worker in the US pays federal taxes, state taxes, social security contributions shared with the employer, health insurance, and I haven't even mentioned insurance and taxes on cars, houses, etc., and I'm not even talking about sales taxes that businesses pay after all of this.
The same amount of taxes are paid in the world and in Europe (for example, VAT): Finland (25,5%), Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Croatia (25% each).

And you brought the standard methodology that they write to influence people who don't think with their heads.

[topol717]

Well, yes, social security is called a deduction from wages and is nothing more than a percentage of the wage amount. It's included in the cost of production, just like wages. Just because people don't see this amount in their utility bills doesn't mean they don't pay it. So, you should change your methodology.

[Cool90]

social contributions are paid by the employer from his own funds,
If you live in Russia (doubts, don't know basic things), then you know that when you get a job, they tell you your salary (for example, 100000 rubles), then you get paid 87000 rubles (-13% taxes),
It's not that the people don't see it in their utility bills, but that you've completely fallen under the influence of Western propaganda, or you're just at work.
And don't write for the whole nation, you don't know what they see or don't see.
Unlike you, I don't have a manual.

[topol717]

Quote: Kull90

social contributions are paid by the employer from his own funds,

The phrase "from your own funds" is particularly pleasing. But what funds does your employer use to pay your salary? And where does he get these funds? Social security is 30% of salary. Not from revenue, fixed assets, or sales, but from WAGES. If this tax is calculated as a percentage of salary, just like income tax, then it's very strange not to consider it a tax on wages.

[Cool90]

You came to work, you were told about a salary of 100000 rubles and you will be paid 87000 rubles (-13%), i.e. only 13% tax is paid from your salary
Your manual would work if you were promised 130000 rubles and paid 87000, but that doesn't happen in Russia.
so social contributions are not a tax on wages, but are paid by the employer from his own funds
But in the US, social contributions are paid by both the employee and the employer, equally.

[Cool90]

and they calculate it from salary because it is a known value, but revenue and sales are always different
so fines are paid at the minimum wage, since this is a known value

[topol717]

To pay you 100, an employer must prepare 130. He'll pay the state 30 when you earn 87. If something looks like a payroll tax and is considered a payroll tax, it's most likely a payroll tax.

[Cool90]

13% tax is paid on your salary and that's it, and how much the employer prepares is no longer the employee's problem
and it doesn't look like a payroll tax and isn't considered a payroll tax

In the US, the employee pays social security contributions, but only half, and this half can be considered a tax on wages, since it is deducted from the salary.

[topol717]

I know that it is useless to argue with your religion, so I suggest we end the argument.

[Cool90]

This is not a religion, it is an irrefutable fact.
All the best

[ergh081]

13% is the personal income tax (PIT), and not for everyone. You earn more than a certain amount annually, about 15-22%. Employers pay another 32% on top of the PIT. So, overall, it's about 45%. Given the increase in the minimum wage and VAT, everything will increase. So, not everything is so great.

[Cool90]

The salary tax is 13%, and social contributions are paid by the employer.
up to 2,400,000 rubles - 13% = average salary
from 2,400,001 to 5,000,000 rubles — 15%;
from 20,000,001 to 50,000,000 rubles — 5%;
from 20,000,001 to 50,000,000 rubles — 20%;
over 50,000,000 rubles - 22%.
so overall it comes out to 13% of the average salary

In the US, employers also only pay half the employee's social security contributions, and with the sales tax, everything will increase, so not everything is so great in the US.

[ergh081]

What a weird person. I'm my own employer and employee (I'm the founder and director of an LLC, and I have no employees). So, to pay myself a salary of 20000 rubles, I have to pay about 10,000 to the state in various funds, including a 13% pension contribution. So, things aren't so great here. I don't know anything about the US; I don't live there.

[Cool90]

We're discussing the average salary of an EMPLOYEE, and an employee in Russia pays 13% tax on their salary, but you're an employer and you don't have any EMPLOYEES.
and I didn't write whether it's great for us or not
Now you know that not everything is so wonderful in the USA.

[drags33]

Excellent news! It will even lead to Donnie's overthrow – that's exactly what he wanted to do with Khomeini... Don't dig a hole for someone else...

[Sergej1972]

In their entire history, not a single president has been overthrown.

[alexboguslavski]

"Americans are incredibly lucky. Wherever they come with the gifts of freedom, they always find oil there."

But this time something went wrong.

[O. Bender]

92 cents per liter? Almost the same as ours, 67 rubles per liter, but we don't plan to.

[Vicente]

Thus, the United States is the world's largest consumer of oil, consuming about 20,6 million barrels per day, about 20% of global consumption.
Domestic oil production is 12-13 million barrels per day. And it's not infinite; shale wells are quickly becoming depleted, requiring large capital injections. So, in the future, domestic oil production in the US could dwindle to 9-10 million barrels per day. Therefore, rising fuel prices in the US are inevitable, as we are seeing.

[Junior Private]

It's safe to say that rising gas prices will drive up prices for everything else. The Americans are lucky. The Persians aren't going to back down; they'll come up with something else, and it'll be even more fun.

[Gavrilo Princip]

How lucky we are. Gas prices are falling, and with them, all goods and services. Especially utilities.

[commbatant]

Everything is more expensive in California, not just gas.

[snow mountain]

Quote: TermNachTER

There are very strict environmental standards and taxes there.

Incomes there are higher than anywhere else in America.

[Zheka111]

There's no need to worry, the oligarchs from Russia will help their fraternal America – just before the sowing season, they'll raise fuel prices, devalue the ruble, pump oil and gas into the fascist EU for their beloved dollars, and leave the proceeds in foreign banks.
So be patient, Trump and the senators - help is on the way.

[Gavrilo Princip]

Why do we need US gas station prices if we live in Russia? Author, do you have dual citizenship?

[alexputnik17]

That is, on average, $2 more. A Chevrolet Tahoe consumes 40 liters per 100 km. And everyone drives cars. To work, to the store, to the hairdresser, psychologist, lawyer, doctor, to pick up the kids from school.
Accordingly, the average person on Tahoe every 2-4 days must pay for gasoline, diesel fuel 25 More dollars. Because of the President's amusements. In a month, a year, it adds up.

[Chack wessel]

Quote: bayard

Have you seen the fairy tale film "Sadko"? Savva Morozov, for example, ran his business not with his own capital, but with contributions from the Old Believer community. This wasn't unheard of, and the principle of solidarity was in effect at the level of self-organization of societies and businesses. Even back then.

You're just telling me Pyzhikov's theory about Old Believer "socialism"... Yes, you're absolutely right about the artels. That's exactly how it worked – people contributed shares, i.e., capital, and received a profit in accordance with the contributed capital. Where's the communism in that?... Furthermore, the shareholders could hire hired workers and receive a profit from their labor.
...Under socialism and communism, there is public ownership of the means of production. And all members of society participate in the division of the pie, regardless of any particular share...And where is the public ownership in cooperatives and other joint-stock companies?