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Jan Peppler's avatar

It's absolutely ridiculous that our gas prices are rising. Companies will use any excuse - even hide behind the horror of Putin's atrocities - as justification for raising prices. Our current inflation isn't largely due to rising costs of materials or lack of labor - it's due to record profits and CEO raises. Cut the profits and the salaries and we wouldn't have this inflation.

Yes, ban Russian imports, absolutely. But sadly it is still the poor who pay for the actions of men in power - both in America and in Russia.

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Cole Noble's avatar

It seems crazy to sanction other aspects of the Russian economy without sanctioning their oil too; hurting the people while still fueling the invasion.

Another point that I don't think has been discussed much: if China knew about these invasion plans in advance, Putin's Oligarchs certainly were told too. I'm sure they took steps to protect themselves from the impact of the sanctions. Again, the Russian elite escape consequence while others suffer.

The problem I see with our oil situation is that our current administration's plan is to buy more heavily from Iran and Venezuela; shifting our funding from one murderous tyrant to another.

The bind we are in is the direct product of flawed environmental thinking: the United States has moved quite a few of its un-green endeavors overseas (Lithium, copper mining, oil drilling) so that our leaders can pat themselves on the back. Now the poor and middle class will suffer the consequences.

Thanks for writing, I enjoyed your work shining a light on this.

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