Modern Liberal Logic vs. Classical Liberal Logic

Today on Fox News, they showed a clip of Hilary Clinton talking about how Democrats will lower gas prices. Hmm...prices are now much higher. Guess it was Democrats causing the rise in prices, right? (In any other debate, that logic would be accepted by today's liberals.)

But could my facetious argument have some merit? Think without politics for a second. What could be causing a rise in prices? I can think of a few items.

1. Instabilities in foreign oil production
2. Reliance on foreign oil
3. Reduced refinery capability and actual refineries
4. High gas taxes
5. Recent repeal of oil and gasoline company subsidies
6. Different requirements for fuel mixture

Ok, so are Democrats and liberals to blame hands-down for any of these? Yes they are. Democrats in Congress have been gloating about numbers 5, the repeal of the oil subsidies I would also blame liberals and Democrats for number 2 because they gloated about the no-vote on American oil production, leading to a higher reliance on foreign oil. Environmentalists and their money have bought many liberal EPA policies that caused numbers 3 and 6. Number 4 is tough because either party could be to blame. However, I would have to argue that in this case, it is not who put the tax in place, but who is fighting against lowering (and in some places, actually want to raise) gas taxes. Thus, I still have to put most blame on Democrats, but I will admit there are some Republicans that haven't been responsive to lowering gasoline taxes. Number 1 just can't be blamed on either party alone. And, it also can't be totally blamed on America. However, because there that whole problem listed as number 2 above, gas prices are just that much more susceptible to issues overseas. And for that, I will blame liberals again cause I did earlier.

So are there other arguments that could not be blamed on Democrats? Well, if you don't know economics, you might come up with some. Greed, "price-gouging," blah blah blahbahbah.... Actually, if Democrats think their laws against gouging really work and will admit to them, then they can be blamed for the real effects of such legislation. Why the heck would anyone sell gas after a disaster for the same price they did before? And if anyone ever does, be sure you are one of the first in line cause that gas won't last and there won't be any more coming anytime soon. Think about it logically. Wouldn't you waste your time bringing gasoline to a disaster area if you couldn't make a profit? Why waste your time? And then, think about it, are you sure YOU wouldn't be charged with gouging?


By the way, what the heck does how we won WWII and the Cold War have to do with gasoline prices? That is what some idiot on the show said. Well, I guess we could if we accurately call Democrats "communists" and environmentalists "Nazis." Then I guess we could compare them pretty accurately. (Plus, I actually made my names pretty close to how those two groups are behaving now.)