I do not see a big problem there. The work week MAY decrease to 20 hours / week. It has decreased Historically for many years. It may be replaced with lots of free time for self-improvement. Like retired people do line dancing classes, hula hoop classes, yoga classes, and get away from your spouse classes, and everyone's favorite........wait for it...........Cat Juggling !!!!

Hardly, judging by your previous statements.

Then you have blinders. Idleness is the devils workshop and you’ll see crime like never before.

Yes people in the 1950's smoked pot and did drugs. But they didn't pay for disposable diapers. The mortality rate was higher, people died younger. Most cancers weren't yet diagnosable, so people died from cancer with no treatment. By the 1960's a large percentage of women were working, until the 1970's when most women in a 2-parent household were working. During that decade, the cost of living went up such that the man as breadwinner ceased to be a thing, because most mens' incomes were no longer sufficient to provide for their family without their wife working as well.

I mean this is over 50 years ago. Living in the past is kind of silly, especially when you ignore that the rest of the world has progressed, whether you like it or not. You can keep up, or you can bow out. But life will go on, with or without your input. And it will demand what it demands, whether you choose to acknowledge it or not.

Oil prices
 

If you think oil companies are the only factor that causes high gas prices you better think again.

Correct. People are forgetting that piece, especially since Pres. Biden told everyone the price of oil went up BECAUSE RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE. No, the price of oil went up months before the Ukraine was invaded. And then came massive spending. And then came covid and more massive spending. And then came the invasion across our border and more massive spending. IE: Hope nobody believes all the immigrants came over here with enough money to support themselves; food, shelter, medical bills, transportation, cell phones, clothing, etc. Once they arrived, the gifts they received enroute - did not keep-on-giving!! IMHO.

What’s even sillier is to think people aren’t capable of working hard, thinking and acting responsibly, creating two parent families and saving. Isn’t it silly to think that the world has progressed so everyone must be paid a “living wage” for menial labor?

These poor people which you expound are so beaten down had better not be wearing phony nails, hair extensions, designer shoes and clothing, tattoos, piercings and so forth. If paper diapers are so expensive, buy cloth like we did.

Please don’t tell me that the people now don’t need to earn their keep or work hard. It’s insulting. Btw, I know many, many people from our parent’s generation and ours who are living lengthy lives even though they didn’t have things handed to them.

“And then came covid and more massive spending.” Covid was already here not just starting maybe you meant inoculations

I never suggested that...

Somebody needs to learn basic economics. When supply goes down, prices go up. It really is that simple. Previous president was instrumental with increasing supply (prices go down). Current president lowered supply so much that USA forced to buy a lot more crude at prevailing arab market prices (which they eventually also raised). Lowered supply and prices doubled.
Economics 101 is not politics based. But actions by politicians have consequences.

Yeah, but think of how much better they are doing with fighting "global warming" :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

I'll gladly pay you in 20,000 years for a hamburger today :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

For over two years, Covid lowered demand world wide, and production dropped accordingly.
Later demand was greater than production and supply.
It is a world market, not solely a US market.
I did not see any US based petroleum companies making any effort to lower prices for home market, just increasing production to enlarge their profits.
Nothing to do with presidents, politicians of whatever color, market and demand sets the price.

"The devil's workshop" Huh. That explains a lot of things.

Pretty good post.

Agreed about immigrants, especially the ILLEGAL variety. And once again I do NOT care if they come from Switzerland or anywhere particularly - it is al same / same. The US long ago STOPPED having a frontier, so that's when unbridled immigration SHOULD HAVE stopped.