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Lyondell Basell Houston has been basically shut down for almost a decade. They’ve had major expansions at newer polymer/petrochem facilities in La Porte & Chocolate Bayou. This facility was only kept running for as long as it was for feedstock for their primary businesses. They tried to sell for years. But, no one saw feasibility in trying to retrofit/modernize. Plus, the regulations imposed by Harris County & the Feds made refinery operations almost unbearable. Technically, the facility was located in Houston. The progessives in charge locally made their operation a living hell. Very similar to California. This had absolutely nothing to do with tariffs & shows the author’s ignorance of the subject.

The average gas price in the US has fluctuated significantly over the past two years. In 2022, prices reached a high, averaging $4.90 per gallon, but then decreased to $3.18 per gallon in 2023. In 2024, prices continued to fall, with an average of $3.22 per gallon in May. Texas prices today are averaging $2.85 Grocery prices have increased significantly over the past two years, with the rate of increase slowing down in 2024. In 2022, food prices saw the largest annual increase in 40 years, but price growth has been moderating since then. Economic Research Service (.gov) data indicates that while prices are still rising, the rate of increase is closer to historical averages. Dollar Tree raised its prices to $1.25 in 2021. Following that, the company began testing and implementing prices above $1.25, including $1.50, at some locations as early as March 2024. I think it is WAY better than under Biden. Biden had an all time gas price record of $5.016 per gallon on June 14th, 2022. I did a quick search of our forum and did not find a post of you complaining about gas prices. Biden also hold a 40 year record on grocery prices in 2022........So, comparing to the previous 4 years, I'd say things are pretty good......

I will throw my thoughts here just because… I honestly think Trump—for all his faults—is not a warmonger & doesn't want military conflict. In this, I think he’s somewhat similar to my old CIC (R. Reagan). If he can get a reset with Iran, now is the time, and he’s the person in the moment. He has the benefit of not needing oil from the Middle East as the U.S. currently produces over 2X what the next largest producing country does (Saudi Arabia), and almost as much as the rest of the world’s producers combined. The U.S. is also the largest producer of natural gas. We aren’t at the whims of oil prices due to ME conflicts like we used to be. I believe I also recently read where the U.S. still has the largest strategic stockpile of oil in the world (somewhere around 265MM barrels) as a buffer. The people of Iran need to make a change if they choose. Otherwise, it’ll be the same spiral. Good news is, the other ME countries are more supportive than in the past. This could actually work.

This I can agree with…..but my reasons may be different than yours.

Going back and reading some of the comments was pretty entertaining.

Stocks soaring on cease fire deal.

My prediction: 1. Lufkin 2. BH 3. PAM 4. West Brook 5. Ball 6. United 7. Sterling

Need to ask Big Girl. I don't see it as much of an issue. She is the one bringing it up. Guess that's all she's got.

But but Biden said it in Obama’s ear. 😂

I think he’s pretty accurate & probably privately threatened to pull support from Netanyahu. That’s what I would have done in the same position.

Trump uses the f word. [Hidden Content]

I think most are realizing that demonizing Trump and unfairly going after him backfired and handed him 2024 by such a degree he won the popular vote.....lol If they keep it up, JD Vance will when with the same force.

[Hidden Content] Dow jumps 500 points, oil prices tank as investors bet Israel-Iran truce will hold

👍🏾!!! No more wasted time here

Your state tax on fuel is a lot higher and is hidden in the cost. What’s your local tax rate? Ours (Texas) is right at 8.2%.

You. And a lot of other Dims. They would much rather see bombs continuing to fall, resulting in deaths, just to say "Ah-Ha! Trumps cease fire failed"! Same people want America to crash and burn just because they hate Trump. I never did that with Biden or Obama. I prayed for our nation instead of hoping it would suffer.

Not sure what you’re asking me. Inflation went from 2.3% to 2.4% from April 2024-May 2025. Basically, non-existent.

No need to prove anything... always wrong So sad folks buy into this nonsense.. also sick

Trump’s Magic wand is in the repair shop. His use in the Middle East drained it a bit.

I guess you’re discounting the fact that—with inflation at almost record highs in the last Administration (along with a union friendly Administration)—many union, hospitality, and grocery workers received very large pay increases right along with UPS, auto workers and others that increased the cost of doing business with human workers in perpetuity? Unless you’re a plumber, HVAC tech, mechanic, or skilled tradesperson of some sort, AI is coming for your job. Even the famous coders will be obsolete. As far as gas, I’d be most concerned about diesel. That’s what commerce runs on. Typical, personal blends should be down to around $2.65-2.75 after Labor Day when the summer blends aren’t needed. Maybe even less in the lower tax states. I also think some businesses are just using tariffs as a convenient excuse to pad profits.

Returners don’t mean a whole lot in DISD.

You should stop talking….

Bingo religion culture history……deeply rooted. false teachings generation after generation since around 600

Anyone having sympathy for Israel anf not holding Conald and others accountable for this is hypocrites! Should've never got rid of JCPOA without another deal on the table! But but but the D's funded this, yet they waited til we had a "strong" president to attack lol.. defend by all means Fast forward to yesterday and the clown in chief says along with his lost looking VP, a complete ceasefire would be in effect in 6 hours. Then Iran hits again and Israel is ready to retaliate.... so much peace in the middle east My biggest take away is you have ppl and even on this board that if you dont agree with something or speak outta disagreement with the clown your un-American, want the country to fail etc. We have no business butting in that conflict. Tulsi says no threat of nukes and others say a threat. Which is it? This changes how? This will be an ongoing issue til all of is are dead. Smdh

Watch this video. Tap the play button (it’s the big triangle in the middle). Hey, and this is from the communist news network so you can believe it. [Hidden Content]

Just thought I would bump this up to show how wrong some of you were about Tariff's hurting the stock market.....

One thing about Juneteenth….all the statues of civil war generals had to come down because they remind us of slavery, yet, we have Juneteenth.

We always butt in when it's not our war! SMH. God bless America, this ain't good

You elected him.

That’s your party’s specialty, thank God we dodged that bullet. [Hidden Content]

The Tale of the Tariffs: Where’s the Inflation? [Hidden Content] @Big girl @UT alum @Boyz N Da Hood @CardinalBacker

Winning Bigly: Tariff Receipts Top $16 Billion in April! [Hidden Content] @Big girl @UT alum @Boyz N Da Hood @CardinalBacker Sounds pretty good don't you think? Thoughts?!

Also my point is, and trying to convey, is if you are diversified you can weather any situation.