Porter

Yes! Lol

Saw this on X this morning. Explaining the stock market to your kids.

I thought we were energy independent when it came to oil? No doubt he’s saying it to make people’s ears feel good just thought it was interesting for him to say it out loud.

He’s right.

I just gave you facts on prices of goods that have went up since January and nothing but crickets from you but your buddy tried to fact check the source instead of the actual numbers only to find out even the source was correct. Lol

I ran them through Grok on X they are correct. Would you like me to post that also? Actually grok says some of the numbers are just a little higher. Yes, the numbers are largely correct (or very close) based on year-to-date (YTD) percentage changes reported by Trading Economics as of around August 1–3, 2026. tradingeconomics.com

Trump

Smh

Boast not

I understand but bragging about financial gain from a war while soldiers are losing their lives and people are struggling just to fill their vehicles up and put food on their table just didn’t sit well with me. There are people across this country that are struggling from the cost of high fuel which causes everything else to go up. Just at our church alone I have seen the lines of cars that we give food to weekly go up drastically since fuel prices have went up. Not everyone is as fortunate as others.

By bad , my wording was in correct. Just woke up and hadn’t had my coffee. Lol But glad to see you think you know what I was trying to say. I stand corrected.

That really is a silly post. And you wonder how insults get started on here.. You are really twisting aren’t you. Exxon along with other oil and gas companies are exploiting this crisis with Iran to the tune of doubling their profits from last year. 7.1 billion to 14.2 billion while soldiers are losing their lives. As a 7 year military veteran I find it disgusting. As my original post said Americans are being gouged at the pump. Maybe by the end of the year gas will be $6 a gallon and you can get on here and celebrate your bank account getting fat because of it. SMH

Bruh you are twisting what I am saying. Celebrating Americans getting the shaft because your bank account is getting fat from Exxon bending people over at the pump is not cool. There are soldiers losing their lives over Exxon exploiting this crisis. Maybe that’s something you should have kept in your head instead of putting in post. If you can’t understand that I don’t know what to tell you. Tithing and contributing to charities is a great thing.

Contributing to charities is commended. Celebrating price gouging the American people is not very cool in my book which is what you said. That price gouging not only affects the price of fuel but everything else an American buy. I also tithe at my church which supports a lot different ministries but it’s not with blood money. It’s with honest hard earned money.

Well obviously you are concerned or you wouldn’t have responded but I like the Ronald Reagan belief “Trust but verify” and until I see receipts I am very skeptical. Either way the American people are being and have been price gouged by Exxon, Chevron and many other oil and gas companies since this war started. Their profits have doubled from the 2nd quarter last year to the 2nd quarter this year. At the end of the day it’s blood money in my opinion. If you to want be happy about it knock yourself out.

This just makes gas prices even more than a slap in the face. If we’re the king of oil then why in the heck are we paying ridiculous fuel prices?!!

So you send all of your Exxon profits to these organizations? Sorry if I am skeptical but I have a hard time believing that.

That’s great! What charity is that blood money given too?

We agree, it’s definitely gouging! Pretty sickening considering soldiers are losing their lives in this war.

You said your bank account appreciates Exxon gouging the American people. You give your bank account to charity? Really what charity is that?

Well it’s definitely not sending soldiers to the Iran War to die for oil and gas companies to price gouge the American People.

Yep and Diesel at $4.69

Hey as long as you’re getting yours screw everyone else right? Great mindset, that’s why this greedy country will eventually fail. Never let a good crisis go to waste right? While soldiers are losing their lives in Iran people ( stock holders) are celebrating oil and companies gouging the American people for double the profit. Smh Not everyone owns stock in Exxon.

Exxon’s second-quarter profit this year was $14.6 Billion compared to $ 7.1 Billion in the same quarter last year. Double the Profit!!! Chevron the same! Can you say price GOUGING!