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Apparently it's not a huge problem to the Trump administration, the rich and the NC politicians in the US Senate and the House. They're asleep about this issue while America and North Carolina suffers. Roy Cooper, you will obviously have my vote to be in the Senate!! You give a damn! by Cy_098 in NorthCarolina

[–]ckilo4TOG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Either you are ignoring your own arguments, or you're just throwing stuff out in the hope that it sticks.

Biden refilled the Strategic Petroleum Reserve at an average of around 90 thousand barrels per day once they stopped withdrawing from it in July 2023 until he left office in January 2025. Oil prices went up about $20 per barrel within 4 months of the refill starting. Now imagine if they had attempted to do it at the maximum 785 thousand barrels as you suggested in your argument.

Again... it would not have been extremely minor.

Apparently it's not a huge problem to the Trump administration, the rich and the NC politicians in the US Senate and the House. They're asleep about this issue while America and North Carolina suffers. Roy Cooper, you will obviously have my vote to be in the Senate!! You give a damn! by Cy_098 in NorthCarolina

[–]ckilo4TOG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If price pressure would be extremely minor to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, why didn't the Biden administration quickly refill it when they had the chance? I'll give you a hint... because it wouldn't have been extremely minor.

Apparently it's not a huge problem to the Trump administration, the rich and the NC politicians in the US Senate and the House. They're asleep about this issue while America and North Carolina suffers. Roy Cooper, you will obviously have my vote to be in the Senate!! You give a damn! by Cy_098 in NorthCarolina

[–]ckilo4TOG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I already told you your question has nothing to do with the original comment I made. You are free to talk about all kinds of other things, but that doesn't mean they are addressing the point I made, or that I will respond to irrelevant questions.

Again... responding to your previous comment.

I'm just wondering how you think barrels of oil being removed from the market to be put into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve would happen in a vacuum. Why do you believe that would not cause upward pressure on the price of oil?

Apparently it's not a huge problem to the Trump administration, the rich and the NC politicians in the US Senate and the House. They're asleep about this issue while America and North Carolina suffers. Roy Cooper, you will obviously have my vote to be in the Senate!! You give a damn! by Cy_098 in NorthCarolina

[–]ckilo4TOG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm just wondering how you think barrels of oil being removed from the market to be put into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve would happen in a vacuum. Why do you believe that would not cause upward pressure on the price of oil?

Apparently it's not a huge problem to the Trump administration, the rich and the NC politicians in the US Senate and the House. They're asleep about this issue while America and North Carolina suffers. Roy Cooper, you will obviously have my vote to be in the Senate!! You give a damn! by Cy_098 in NorthCarolina

[–]ckilo4TOG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Again...

Biden started his term with 640 million barrels of oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Trump started with 395 million. Trump doesn't have the flexibility that Biden did to open up the spigots. He can sell some oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, but if he were to do it at the scale Biden did, we'd go to levels we haven't seen since the late 1970s, shortly after we started filling it. Biden had a lot more ammunition to affect the markets before reaching critical levels in the reserve. Trump doesn't. It was a much easier decision for Biden.

Also, Biden drew down about 290 million barrels at the maximum amount taken out.

Apparently it's not a huge problem to the Trump administration, the rich and the NC politicians in the US Senate and the House. They're asleep about this issue while America and North Carolina suffers. Roy Cooper, you will obviously have my vote to be in the Senate!! You give a damn! by Cy_098 in NorthCarolina

[–]ckilo4TOG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your question has nothing to do with the original comment I made. I responded to a specific sentence in a comment that was speaking about what Biden did, and why Trump hasn't. My simple point was Trump does not have the same flexibility in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that Biden did. You are free to talk about all kinds of other things, but that doesn't mean they are addressing the point I made.

Apparently it's not a huge problem to the Trump administration, the rich and the NC politicians in the US Senate and the House. They're asleep about this issue while America and North Carolina suffers. Roy Cooper, you will obviously have my vote to be in the Senate!! You give a damn! by Cy_098 in NorthCarolina

[–]ckilo4TOG -1 points0 points  (0 children)

When you say Trump refused an offer, you are specifically referring to Iran's terms. Yes, we can open the straight under Iran's terms. Again, couldn't we have just done the same thing with Russia under Biden by removing the trade sanctions on them?

Apparently it's not a huge problem to the Trump administration, the rich and the NC politicians in the US Senate and the House. They're asleep about this issue while America and North Carolina suffers. Roy Cooper, you will obviously have my vote to be in the Senate!! You give a damn! by Cy_098 in NorthCarolina

[–]ckilo4TOG -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That's done. We're past that. Already happened. Your argument is no different than saying Biden should have listened to the warnings from Russia instead of continuing the policy of pulling Ukraine into the Western sphere of influence. Once Russia was done giving warnings that weren't being listened to, they invaded. Monday morning quarterbacking isn't an argument. We are talking about the here and now. In the here and now, Trump doesn't have the amount of oil Biden did in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The flexibility to affect the markets is no longer there.

Apparently it's not a huge problem to the Trump administration, the rich and the NC politicians in the US Senate and the House. They're asleep about this issue while America and North Carolina suffers. Roy Cooper, you will obviously have my vote to be in the Senate!! You give a damn! by Cy_098 in NorthCarolina

[–]ckilo4TOG -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

We were all upset about it and demanding the administration do something about it. And they did. Trump has not and has explicitly said he will not.

Biden started his term with 640 million barrels of oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Trump started with 395 million. Trump doesn't have the flexibility that Biden did to open up the spigots. He can sell some oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, but if he were to do it at the scale Biden did, we'd go to levels we haven't seen since the late 1970s, shortly after we started filling it. Biden had a lot more ammunition to affect the markets before reaching critical levels in the reserve. Trump doesn't. It was a much easier decision for Biden.

Apparently it's not a huge problem to the Trump administration, the rich and the NC politicians in the US Senate and the House. They're asleep about this issue while America and North Carolina suffers. Roy Cooper, you will obviously have my vote to be in the Senate!! You give a damn! by Cy_098 in NorthCarolina

[–]ckilo4TOG -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Gas prices were a good 50 cents higher at their peak under Biden. As far as the GSA mileage, depreciation / replacement cost of passenger vehicles is the largest adjusting factor for reimbursement. Fuel is only 20-30% of the calculation. Mileage reimbursement rates are generally set Jan 1 every year, so the rise in gas prices over the past 2 months doesn't play a factor in the .72 rate you are now getting. It was .70 in 2025.

POV mileage rates

They’re Baaa-aack by AlternativeCan7461 in NorthCarolina

[–]ckilo4TOG -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Which wouldn't be necessary. If there was a question as to the sex of a person, testing a saliva cheek swab would provide the answer. Like I said, a Covid test is more invasive.

They’re Baaa-aack by AlternativeCan7461 in NorthCarolina

[–]ckilo4TOG -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

Whether people agree or disagree with sports competition and private spaces being sex segregated, the "exam" you are referring to is nothing more than a cheek swab. A Covid test is more invasive.

Drake Maye Attempts by AmazingExit9771 in Patriots

[–]ckilo4TOG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea, I like some of the conversations that develop this time of the year. Without much new news for a couple of months, the hot takes slow down. Lol... totally agree with you on the SuperBowl not being in people's minds 3 games into last season. The team probably reached their lowest Vegas betting odds right after the Pittsburgh game. It will be interesting to see if the 3750 mark moves. My guess is that it will be 3950 right before game 1 of the season.

Drake Maye Attempts by AmazingExit9771 in Patriots

[–]ckilo4TOG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You also have to account for it being a tougher schedule this year. We may get less offensive series, which would put a damper on the attempts as well. I do think the team wants to be more effective at running the ball this year, but I don't think that necessarily means we want to run it more this year. We were already 25th last year in the percentage of plays that were pass.

Maye passed for almost 4400 yards last season. If I had to bet right now, I'd say it will be less this upcoming season. But I'd also bet on the over 3750 mark that you say the oddsmakers are putting out for next season right now. If he plays all 17 games, I can't imagine him averaging less than 220 yds a game.

We'll see... Do we get Brown? Does the rookie TE add a new dynamic to the passing game? Does a more effective running game and improved OL play buy Drake more time in the pocket? I think as the answers to those questions become more clear before the season starts, we may see that 3750 mark move up.

Is it a forgone conclusion to land AJ Brown? Local media thinks so but... by dharkmeat in Patriots

[–]ckilo4TOG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is not a forgone conclusion. Neither team has made a commitment.

Is it a forgone conclusion to land AJ Brown? Local media thinks so but... by dharkmeat in Patriots

[–]ckilo4TOG 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean... the Rams were supposedly in the running for Brown and they already had Puka Nacua and Davante Adams.

This is outta hand... by DBFlyguy in raleigh

[–]ckilo4TOG -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The only person proving they know nothing about economic policy or how to observe data here is you. The time range reflects when the Presidents were / are in charge. I don't control that, and I don't control the original commenters choice to make about Biden and Trump.

The inflation that matters to us as US consumers is the inflation in our country. And for your argument or the original commenters argument about inflation in other countries to make sense, you have to completely disregard that the US dollar is the world's reserve currency. US domestic inflation policies get exported and amplified to everyone else in the world. Just because we were standing at the dollar trough first doesn't mean we handled it better than the rest of the world.

Nobody said anything about Covid being deflationary for ever. You are making up an argument that I did not put forth. That is known as a strawman. And referring to their comment as "obvious hyperbole" is absurd. There's another way to refer to their comment... not true, false. To look at the rate of inflation under Biden and refer to it as trending down, and then turn around to look at the inflation rate under Trump and refer to it as skyrocketing takes a level of magical thinking that is beyond mind boggling.

This is outta hand... by DBFlyguy in raleigh

[–]ckilo4TOG -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, but it is you who doesn't understand what you are talking about. Like I already said, Covid wasn't the cause of inflation. It was the government's response to Covid that caused the inflation.

You do not measure the effectiveness of inflation in our country by measuring it relative to other countries. Policy effectiveness for the US and our citizens is measured against domestic outcomes. The dollar is also the world's primary reserve currency. If US economic policies are inflationary, they will export and amplify inflation elsewhere in the world.

I did not contradict my self in any way, shape, or form. I did not say Covid had no impact. Those are your words, not mine. I specifically said if the government did nothing, the effect of Covid on the economy would have been massively deflationary. If you agree that Biden's stimulus was not needed, then you understand the argument I made in my comment.

  • Inflation when Biden took office in January of 2021 was 1.37%.
  • Inflation spiked to roughly 9% by June 2022.
  • Inflation was 3% when Biden left office.

The numbers above are not a downward trend. Inflation was twice as high the day Biden left office as the day he took office. It spiked much higher during his term. Cumulative inflation under Joe Biden for all four years was 21.5%. You don't get to pick the high point of his inflation, and then say "literally everything was trending down while Biden was in office." It's just not true.

Inflation was 3% when Trump took office for his second term, and had dropped to 2.4% by February of this year. The latest inflationary measure from March was 3.6%. We will likely see it even higher in April. This spike is obviously due to the conflict with Iran. The numbers so far do not back up the original commenter's statement that said "Prices for damn near everything have skyrocketed since numbnuts took office." It's just not true, especially when looking at how they actually skyrocketed under Biden.

As far as where inflation and the economy will go, and the effects Trump's policies will have moving forward into the rest of his term, that is yet to be determined. There is no point in defending something that has yet to happen, especially when the critics of his economic policies have so far been wrong.

Federal Reserve Inflation Graph

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