Diesel prices have risen substantially—higher than regular gasoline prices 👀
(see graph)

In time, farmers will pay more. Shippers will pay more. Consumers will ultimately pay more for products as retailers raise prices to offset increased shipping costs.

So... that got me researching.
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Part 1🧵
#USA #US #USeconomy #economics #fuel #diesel #gasoline #prices #business #shipping #consumers

Analyzing the Economic Impact of War on the U.S.

📰 Original title: ¿Es esta guerra rentable?

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/analyzing-the-economic-impact-of-war-on-the-u-s/?redirpost=e570ed71-7110-4345-95a7-4aa439d80f3b

#geopolitics #useconomy #warcosts #militaryindustrialcomplex

: #affordability #delusionaldon #democrats #donaldemptyhead #donaldthehoaxtrump #donemptyhead #economy #eightysix47 #gasprices #nokings #trumpcurse #trumpstein #trumpsteincoverup #useconomy #uspol #uspolitics @uspolitics :

ONE OF TRUMP'S OLD DODGES DOESN'T SEEM TO BE WORKING, AT LEAST AS FAR AS THE ECONOMY IS CONCERNED
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Since running for president the first time, Trump has used the dodge that things are always going to be better sometime in the future.

And then that future never arrives.

And then he uses the same con again ... and again ...

and again.

Americans may be catching on.

The Guardian | Yes, the rich must start paying their fair share of taxes | Bernie Sanders by Bernie Sanders

We need a 5% wealth tax on America’s 938 billionaires. Over a ten-year period, this bill would raise much-needed $4.4tn for public coffers

Never before in American history have so few had so much wealth and power. Today, the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%. One person, Elon Musk, worth $805bn, owns more wealth than the bottom 53% of American households. And that inequality is getting worse. Last year alone, after receiving the one of the largest tax breaks in history from Donald Trump, 938 billionaires in America became $1.5tn richer. Since he was re-elected, Trump and his family have become $4bn richer.

Never before in American history have we had such concentration of ownership. While profits soar, a handful of giant corporations dominate virtually every sector of our economy, charging higher and higher prices for the products they sell. Four Wall Street firms combined – BlackRock, Vanguard, Fidelity, and State Street – are the major stockholders of more than 90% of American corporations.

Continue reading...

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/01/billionaire-wealth-tax-trump

#elonmusk #useconomy #berniesanders #wallstreet

$101.18/barrel - West Texas Intermediate oil
$106.89/barrel - Brent Crude oil
45,166.64 (-793.47|-1.73%) - Dow
31.05 (+3.61|+13.16%) - Volatility Index

The markets have apparently figured out that Trump's BS war is going to get a lot worse because he's a lot dumber than they thought.

#USPol #USEconomy