I did answer your question. You asked three of them and I answered each one. Did you not read my reply? If you want a discussion, it would help if you actually read my reply.
You asked: What, exactly, do you think a president can do about inflation that Biden hasn't already done? What would the Republicans do about it if they were in charge? Do you want the government to set prices?
1. The answer to the first question - I replied that it's not anything the President does (to lower inflation) it's what his advisors do.
2. This is a hypothetical question. I cited what a prior Republican president did in the same situation. I am not a seer, so I cannot predict what a theoretical president might do.
3. I answered clearly I do not want the government to set prices. Historically, when that has been done, it has led to black markets, not lower inflation.
Also, again, if you actually read my reply you would realize that I have a broad range of knowledge and you would not ASSUME that I vote based on ONE ISSUE. I have not insulted you, so why would you insult me?
BTW, if you actually did any research, you would find in a few minutes that:
1. Biden's first executive order was to shut down leasing of oil and gas - and this article was from a friendly source that is all for cutting greenhouse gases:
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/27/biden-suspends-oil-and-gas-drilling-in-series-of.html
Here is another article from a more business friendly source that points out how this impacts the oil and gas industry:
You see, I try to read a variety of sources instead of just getting my information from one place.
The reason I didn't mention Biden releasing the gas reserve - he is releasing 1 million barrels a day. The US uses 20 million barrels a day, so this is only 5% of what America needs. Don't take my word for it - look it up. Biden's doing this decreased oil prices by $0.05 a gallon. Big whoops. Plus, the reserve is supposed to be for a real emergency, such as a nuclear war.
What you don't seem to understand, because you have obviously done minimal research, is that it's not just you driving your car that matters. It is the people transporting goods and services for the supply chain.
Maybe you lead a happy life where you live in a cave and don't need to drive to work, don't need to eat food or buy medications.
However, for normal people - food prices are higher because fuel needed to transport food is now more expensive. So is the cost of neessary medications. If it used to cost $100 to transport groceries to the store, and now it costs $200 because the cost of gas has doubled - guess what - that cost gets passed on to consumers. This is basic economics. Did you not learn this in school?
There are families on the margins barely getting by who might have a hard time driving to work (most people on the margins don't have the luxury of remote jobs). They might go hungry because food is less affordable. They might become homeless because their rents will go up. since their landlords are now paying more, and will pass along the cost.
Maybe you have no compassion for poor people, but I think it's horrible that people are suffering.
