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Posted on 4/15/26 at 8:40 am
Posted by Ailsa
Member since May 2020
7350 posts
Posted on 4/15/26 at 8:40 am
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"I'm sure the president will call out anyone who's a bad actor."

CNBC: That sounds like a warning!

BESSENT: "I'm sure everyone will be a good actor..."
Posted by LSUROXS
Texas
Member since Sep 2006
8618 posts
Posted on 4/15/26 at 8:41 am to
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Bessent warning to oil and gas companies if they refuse to drop prices the same way


Thank you Joe Biden!
Posted by atlgamecockman
Nola
Member since Dec 2012
4358 posts
Posted on 4/15/26 at 8:42 am to
Lol is this guy serious? The O&G guys sell at whatever the prevailing market rate is, they have no control over price beyond what they can store which is peanuts.

More ignorance on display on twitter... don't believe everything you read.
Posted by lake chuck fan
Vinton
Member since Aug 2011
23301 posts
Posted on 4/15/26 at 8:45 am to
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More ignorance on display on twitter... don't believe everything you read


Are you specifically calling Scott Bessent ignorant?
Posted by crimson crazy
Member since Oct 2008
20864 posts
Posted on 4/15/26 at 8:47 am to
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Lol is this guy serious? The O&G guys sell at whatever the prevailing market rate is, they have no control over price beyond what they can store which is peanuts.

More ignorance on display on twitter... don't believe everything you read.



Don’t believe the treasury secretary?
Posted by Flats
Member since Jul 2019
27974 posts
Posted on 4/15/26 at 8:47 am to
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Are you specifically calling Scott Bessent ignorant?


He's not ignorant; he knows what he's saying is for public consumption.
Posted by The Baker
This is fine.
Member since Dec 2011
20177 posts
Posted on 4/15/26 at 8:47 am to
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The O&G guys sell at whatever the prevailing market rate is,


isn't the market rate partially controlled on the supply side by OPEC? Whos members are the gulf states we're literally fighting for with out military...

and Venezuela

How could they do anything but what we say?
Posted by Ten Bears
Florida
Member since Oct 2018
4998 posts
Posted on 4/15/26 at 8:48 am to
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He's not ignorant; he knows what he's saying is for public consumption.


Yep, but he knows the public is ignorant.
Posted by captainFid
Never apologize to barbarism
Member since Dec 2014
10206 posts
Posted on 4/15/26 at 8:52 am to
Never, in my lifetime.

Had a friend who owned a couple of gas stations as an adult. For every middleman, there is a transaction. Often, they can buy in bulk, and do when prices are going up to lock in. The larger the company, the more economical (and profitable) it is to do this.

They don't do this when prices decline... they wait.

Regardless, we pay... we always pay.

I don't really care anymore...Least of my concerns.
Posted by atlgamecockman
Nola
Member since Dec 2012
4358 posts
Posted on 4/15/26 at 8:55 am to
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Yep, but he knows the public is ignorant.




Ding ding ding... don't have to look beyond this thread to see that
Posted by atlgamecockman
Nola
Member since Dec 2012
4358 posts
Posted on 4/15/26 at 8:56 am to
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How could they do anything but what we say?




Ooooo sorry, not how markets work. Try again
Posted by Night Vision
Member since Feb 2018
21421 posts
Posted on 4/15/26 at 8:58 am to
We are exporting oil, refined and unrefined, out of the country. Keeping more refined oil here will lower gas prices.
Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
87314 posts
Posted on 4/15/26 at 8:58 am to
Correct. He knows what he's saying is bullshite.
Posted by Flats
Member since Jul 2019
27974 posts
Posted on 4/15/26 at 9:06 am to
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Correct. He knows what he's saying is bullshite.


But it's populist bullshite and that's what's on the menu for the next few years.
Posted by BTROleMisser
Murica'
Member since Nov 2017
12745 posts
Posted on 4/15/26 at 9:09 am to
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quote:
He's not ignorant; he knows what he's saying is for public consumption.


Yep, but he knows the public is ignorant.


But not you, right? You TDS nerds have it all figured out...
Posted by BTROleMisser
Murica'
Member since Nov 2017
12745 posts
Posted on 4/15/26 at 9:10 am to
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quote:
Yep, but he knows the public is ignorant.



Ding ding ding... don't have to look beyond this thread to see that


Oh yeah. Totally. You're a fricking genius there, guy.
Posted by Bayou_Tiger_225
Third Earth
Member since Mar 2016
12718 posts
Posted on 4/15/26 at 9:12 am to
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Are you specifically calling Scott Bessent ignorant?
There are many people in the Trump admin that you could make a pretty solid case for. Scott Bessent isn’t one of them.
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
24119 posts
Posted on 4/15/26 at 9:20 am to
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But it's populist bullshite and that's what's on the menu for the next few years.


Look I agree this is Politics 101...but I also think you guys are being INCREDIBLY ignorant if you think gas stations aren't going to buttfrick their customers if they can get away with it.

Lets start with Pilot....
Posted by The Baker
This is fine.
Member since Dec 2011
20177 posts
Posted on 4/15/26 at 9:21 am to
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Ooooo sorry, not how markets work.


Explain how prices responding to supply isnt how a market works.

In detail.
Posted by NC_Tigah
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Member since Sep 2003
138106 posts
Posted on 4/15/26 at 9:25 am to
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Thank you Joe Biden!
What does that even mean?
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