comment: >
  
  Conservatives say price gouging during a pandemic is MAGA.
context: Maybe cut their subsidies? >
  
  Theyll just raise prices. Its not like there is an alternative for 100% of Americans.
  Honestly, and I am going to get a lot of shit for this, but threaten to nationalize them. $0 in profit compared to a bit less than $54 billion may put the fear of god into them. >
  
  We have a government because we'd rather things like the military or police not be owned by someone like Musk.  Maybe it's time to consider energy production to be one of those. >
  
  Seems to me that if there is an industry that 100% of a population relies on, then there is merit of having a federal option. See: energy, healthcare, banking, etc.
  I have no say that my gas company just raised my rates 30% YOY, and I have no alternatives to choose from. This is not capitalism. >
  
  in fact, it IS capitalism. >
  
  Monopoly is an eventuality of Capitalism >
  
  Exactly. people keep acting surprised by the consolidation and greed and control and monopolization like it's some freak occurrence. >
  
  So it's a hostage situation, the oil companies are demanding lower taxes to increase production. Currently pay the effective rate of 18.5% on federal lands and an overall tax rate of 19.6%. With this tax rate they are still able to record historic profits. >
  
  Screw the hostage situation. If anything INCREASE their taxes and if they want to complain, the US can nationalize it and force their profits to fund high speed interstate rail >
  
  A man of many words and little knowledge. >
  
  A man too dumb to realize he’s talking about himself >
  
  Likewise.