Gaslighting Gas Prices | The Bayat Beat [026]

The raising of gas prices oftentimes feels manipulative, cunning, and disingenuous. Our basic logic factors kick in as we see those price tags raise one dollar, then two dollars, then three! We can't help but ask why the the world's largest oil producer is raising the national average price of gas. For reference the United States produces 18 million barrels per day and almost 15 billion barrels annually. We hold 20% of the world's total oil production with Saudi Arabia only producing 12%. In short, we are being manipulated. Since oil production is not nationalized these private companies feel the need to exploit us during a traumatic time in human history. On top of that for years their greed has encroached on the natural world, poisoning water supplies and killing wildlife. So how do we fight back? Why hasn't our leadership done anything? And, ultimately, how do we get the money out of politics once and for all?