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Fuel Prices Affect Your Food Prices:
If you can't understand how energy prices and energy policy affect food prices you are either an idiot, can't connect dots, or in denial. Biden's energy policy and government spending directly affected food prices and caused inflation. If it cost more to get food to you then your food will cost more. Biden’s energy policy caused oil to hit $100/barrel ... and even the Saudis didn't answer Biden’s calls and cut back on production. They were able to cut back because oil was so expensive they could produce less, pay less, and make the same money. In the meantime Biden was selling and using our STRATEGIC OIL RESERVE for political purposes. That reserved was stocked up by Trump at $45/barrel. Now it has to be restored by more expensive oil.
I don't understand how people (Democrats) cannot or refuse to connect policy to outcomes. Everytime a Democrat has been in the Whitehouse since the 70's gas prices and oil prices increase. Then when a Republican comes in and has to fix the mess the Democrats created, the Democrats claim its the Republicans shoes that stink.
Democrats never spoke about INFLATION under Biden even when it hit 9%. They blame everything on COVID. Now they claim there is an 'AFFORDABILITY' issue even though prices on basically everything is coming down.
If you buy what Democrats are selling you are what Rush Limbaugh called a "Low Information Voter".
Also, don't hate your local grocery stores if the prices DO cheap up. There are a ton of variables that affect food prices. I learned in HS and College while working at grocery stores in Bristow and Tahlequah the profit margin for a grocery store is less than 2%. Today the margin is around 1.6%.
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The Inescapable Chain: How Biden’s Energy Policy Empty Your Wallet at the Grocery Store
To question the direct link between energy policy and the price of your weekly groceries is to ignore the most fundamental law of economics: nothing gets from a farm to a fork without fuel. Every head of lettuce, every gallon of milk, every cut of meat travels a complex, fuel-intensive journey involving tractors, processing plants, refrigerated trucks, and store lighting. If you cannot—or will not—understand that crippling America’s energy production leads directly to soaring food costs, you are, as the post bluntly states, disconnected from reality.
The root cause of the historic inflation that hammered American families was not a mystery. It was a direct consequence of policy. From its first day, the Biden administration launched a regulatory assault on domestic oil and gas production. By cancelling key pipelines, freezing new leases on federal lands, and vilifying the energy industry, the White House sent a clear signal to the global market: America was stepping back from energy dominance. The result was predictable. As domestic production faced headwinds, supply tightened. Oil prices skyrocketed, hitting over $100 a barrel. This wasn’t an act of God; it was an act of government.
The foreign policy ramifications were equally damning. When President Biden, hat in hand, pleaded with OPEC nations like Saudi Arabia to increase production, he was met with a stunning refusal. Why would they ramp up output when the U.S. was artificially constraining its own? As the post correctly notes, high prices allowed them to produce less, incur lower costs, and maintain massive profits. America, once an energy powerhouse commanding geopolitical respect, became a supplicant, its weakness exploited by foreign regimes.
In a move of breathtaking short-sightedness, the administration then turned to emptying our nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). This reserve is a national security asset, designed for genuine supply emergencies, not political cover ahead of a midterm election. The insult to injury is in the math. The reserve had been prudently replenished under the previous administration when prices were near $45 a barrel. Biden sold this strategic asset at a premium, only to now face the necessity of refilling it with far more expensive oil, ultimately costing taxpayers billions. It was a political gimmick that weakened our national security and did nothing to solve the underlying policy-driven crisis.
This pattern is a maddening constant of modern politics. For decades, Democratic administrations have pursued policies—from Carter’s malaise to Obama’s “war on coal”—that hamstring energy production, leading to pain at the pump and the checkout line. Then, when a Republican administration follows, inheriting the wreckage, and works to deregulate and unleash American energy, the left immediately claims credit for any price moderation or blames the right for “stinky shoes” they didn’t create. The mental gymnastics are astounding.
The most galling part of the recent crisis was the Democratic Party’s rhetorical evasion. As inflation rocketed to a 40-year high of 9.1%, the word “inflation” was virtually banned from White House talking points. The blame was placed solely on “COVID” and “supply chains,” as if the administration’s multi-trillion-dollar spending spree and anti-energy agenda were irrelevant. Now, as the fever of inflation breaks slightly under the weight of the Federal Reserve’s harsh medicine, the language has shifted to a vague “affordability crisis.” This is a transparent attempt to avoid accountability for the permanent price hikes that remain locked in. A 10% price drop on an item that rose 40% is not a victory; it is a testament to the damage done.
Finally, it is crucial to direct our frustration correctly. As the post wisely notes, your local grocery store is not the villain. These businesses operate on razor-thin margins, often below 2%. They are the final link in the chain, absorbing the brutal costs of energy, transportation, and wages before they ever reach the shelf. To blame them is to misunderstand the problem entirely.
The problem sits in Washington. It is a problem of ideology over arithmetic, of green dreams over practical realities. The chain is simple and inescapable: policy kills production, production shortages spike energy costs, and energy costs inflate the price of everything, especially food. Until we restore policies that champion American energy independence, this chain will continue to be a noose around the neck of the American family budget.
