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Economy
Elites Suggest Price Controls, Dystopian Travel Restrictions To 'Manage' Soaring Energy Costs
2022-03-20
[ZERO] Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia supplied the world with one out of every ten barrels of crude consumed. But as the United States, Canada, and Australia have imposed embargoes on Russian crude and some buyers in Europe are halting purchases, the global oil market is facing one of the worst disruptions since the 1973 oil crisis when the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) led by Saudi Arabia declared an oil ban on Western countries for their support of Israel during the Yom Kippur War.

The energy price shock of the mid-1970s led to the reduction of maximum national speed limits from 70 mph to 55 mph. The 21% reduction in speed equated to gas consumption savings.
Posted by:Besoeker

#3  "Just for 2 weeks."
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-03-20 17:51  

#2  To sell this and get enough MSM and social media panic to make it look justifued the morons and fellow travelers at the Kalorama Kompound will have to have the marionettes dance pretty close to DEFCON 2 flames. Given JoJo's motor skills and emotional state this is more than a little frightening.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2022-03-20 13:07  

#1  
Having lived and worked as during the Nixon/Ford version of issued wages and prices freezes. Which were applied in the hopes of halting inflation. Simply put.... It mainly helped Nixon more to get re-elected, than is solved inflation.

Likely, even Biden and/or his handlers remember this. Along with the fact we are coming up on Mid-Terms and Joe's ☺ poll numbers pretty much equal that of Adolf Hitler's in Israel.

Deeper Likely Related Reading
March 16, 2012, when President Obama signed executive order 13603 about “National Defense Resources Preparedness.” Which Forbes called a roadmap for "...a blueprint for a federal takeover of the economy that would dwarf the looming Obamacare takeover of the health insurance business."

Some Open Ended Questions:
(that many likely know the answers to.)
Will the restrictions include the Elite?
Will they have to park their planes & limos?
Will they have to freeze their Salaries and Bonuses?
Will this result in a greater Federal control over our lives?
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-03-20 07:06  

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