Trump administration officials are examining what a potential spike in oil prices as high as $200 a barrel would mean for the economy, according to people familiar with the matter, a sign senior officials are studying the possible fallout from extreme scenarios for the Iran war.
I’m curious to see if they’ll try to buy us off with “stimulus checks” or just go mask off and leave us all hanging out to dry.
I remember gas price spikes and shortages back in 2008 that had companies doing weird scheduling changes (i.e. doing 4x10 instead of 5x8) since WFH wasn’t as common then. If prices do go that high, I wonder how it’ll impact the RTO push.
Yeah, bunch of Asian companies have already started implementing 4 day work weeks. It’ll be interesting to see the different factions battle it out as they try to decide whether they should treat us like humans or disposable again. Especially after the Dems have walked back so much of their 2020 promises so recently. Everybody settled for the illusion of “back to normal” for such minimal concessions, we’re about to find out how badly that fucked us for the next round of negotiations.
I guess we’ll find out in a month or so
🤣🤣Forbes says US is insolvent.
A Forbes blogger says the US is insolvent.
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