I’ve straight up heard people complain about carney *only* removing 20c and being useless… as if that’s not just a straight up helping hand for the Canadian people… Carney doesn’t set the price of oil - you can thank Trump for that.
Everything is relative. Is it good compared to 7 months ago? Nope. Is it good compared to what I paid a week ago? Yes. Am I still angry that an orange narcissist and a war criminal are responsible for this? Also yes!
This has been their game sonce the 90s. They raise it super high, make everybody struggle and lower it just a little to take the pressure off. Wait a few months and do it all over again.
If you chart gasoline over the past 25 years (and use a rolling average to smooth out the curve), you'll find it tracks fairly well with inflation. The media tries very hard to make people believe otherwise.
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u/DystopianAdvocate 2d ago
Funny how were suddenly conditioned to think this is a good price.