rant · moment 10 of 21
Proposal to Lift Sanctions on Putin for a Cheap-Gas Summer
from #290 - Let's Take A Beat | The Tim Dillon Show · #290
8 min
Tim builds an elaborate bit arguing America should lift all sanctions on Russia until fall so gas prices drop and everyone can enjoy a normal summer after two years of Covid, using a Hamptons gas-cost calculation to make his case.
- Tim proposes lifting sanctions on Putin for the summer to keep gas prices down.
- What if we lifted sanctions on Putin as a show of good faith to get fuel prices lower?
- Calculation: 100 miles from New York City to the Hamptons at 18 mpg equals five gallons of gas at $4 per gallon, roughly $60 per trip.
- Tim asks whether people are willing to trade their summer for Ukraine.
- Proposal: lift all sanctions on Putin until the fall, then sanction him again.
- America didn't become the greatest country by taking care of other people.
- America's soft power is gone—no good movies, comedians just talk about being sad without jokes.
- Tim insists lifting sanctions on Putin is necessary for everyone to have a decent summer.
- The gas has to be cheap enough that people feel satisfied eating a burger with a summer breeze and don't feel too bad about the deal.
- The world will be uninhabitable in seven years anyway, so enjoy what you have now.
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