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Six weeks into Trump\u2019s Big Iranian Misadventure, fuel and food prices are soaring because of massive supply chain disruptions caused by the U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran. In the context of the U.S.-Israeli war and Iranian retaliatory attacks, the price of oil rose<\/a> worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Strait of Hormuz is effectively shut down with no end in sight. Approximately 20.3 million barrels of petroleum and crude oil, 25% of the world\u2019s maritime oil shipments, passes through the Strait of Hormuz daily. Currently, about 95% of all traffic through that vital waterway is stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Working people worldwide are the ones who will pay the price for this war of choice by U.S. imperialism and its Israeli watchdog state. The average price of a gallon of regular gas is now more than $4 in the United States, a dollar more than at the beginning of the conflict. Increased oil prices have a ripple effect in the economy, causing prices of consumer goods, airline tickets, and food to increase. U.S. consumer prices rose in March to an average yearly gain of 3.3%, the highest surge in inflation in the last two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The imperialist attack on Iran has benefited investors as they bet on market volatility using prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi, or shift money to highly profitable<\/a> arms manufacturing companies. In fact, the accuracy and timing of some of these bets have led to speculation of insider knowledge of administration war decisions. In some cases, newly created accounts made massive, well-timed profits on high-stakes bets right before major announcements or military attacks These include bets placed before the February 2026 U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran and before the announcement of a two-week ceasefire<\/a> on April 8, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Indeed, the \u201cceasefire,\u201d which hasn\u2019t stopped Israel\u2019s attacks on Lebanon, is a much-needed respite for the U.S. empire\u2019s military, which was quickly depleting its stockpiles of weapons and exposed the weaknesses of U.S. manufacturing supply chains. The manufacturing sector, which relies on overseas sources for raw materials and components, has been affected. Manufacturers<\/a>, reports the Center for American Progress, \u201crely on complex supply chains to provide inputs such as materials and component parts to produce in the United States. According to a recent survey, U.S. manufacturers were expected to see input prices rise faster in March 2026 than at any time since pandemic-era supply shocks. Industries that rely on materials produced at scale in the Persian Gulf region are likely to face the steepest and most immediate challenges.\u201d The full effects of this war on the US economy<\/a> have yet to be felt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The story for working-class households is very different. Many are already suffering from a crisis of \u201caffordability\u201d with an economy that has been stripped of any real sense of security, and with some working more than one job just to survive. Now, the impact of inflation caused by this war means that working people and farmers are struggling even more. Fuel prices are just one aspect of this problem. Grocery bills, medical insurance and health care, mortgage rates, and fertilizer costs have also surged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Working-class people are having to choose between home repairs, transportation expenses, paying utility bills, and eating. Mechanic Justin Thaemert told the St Cloud Times<\/em><\/a> that his auto repair shop has seen a substantial reduction in business. \u201cEverybody\u2019s kind of tightening their belts. \u2026 Folks are putting off repairs and doing other things just to make ends meet. Everything\u2019s at a standstill.\u201d Thaemert continued, \u201cWe can\u2019t do a lot of things right now. \u2026 The money\u2019s just not there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A librarian from Massachusetts told The<\/em> Guardian<\/em><\/a> that her husband, \u201ccurrently works a delivery job where he uses his own vehicle and has to pay for gas that isn\u2019t fully reimbursed by his employer. Between rising fuel prices, insanely high rent, rising groceries, health insurance, utilities and other basic living costs, we are drowning. The past few weeks, he has had to pick up shifts at a second delivery company just so we can make ends meet.\u201d She continued, \u201cSometimes he works 12 to 14 hour days. I also work full time and despite having two full-time incomes, we still are barely covering the roof over our head and the food on our table. \u2026 Forget retirement, I\u2019m worried we won\u2019t even be able to make it through the next few years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Pennsylvania man who was forced to close his tattooing business due to lack of demand told The Guardian<\/em>, \u201cIt seems our president is hell bent on making everything more expensive, from groceries, gas and energy. And now I have to worry about my 401k and whether or not my sons might get drafted to fight a war that is completely unnecessary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The rise of fertilizer costs for farmers will necessarily be passed on to the prices on grocery store shelves. According to The American Prospect<\/em><\/a>, \u201cThe effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz carries implications for not only oil but also fertilizer, right at the height of the spring planting season. About one-third of the world\u2019s fertilizer ships through the strait, and without access, prices have jumped and farmers are anxious. Yet there are enough natural resources in the United States\u2014nitrogen, phosphate, potash\u2014to serve all our fertilizer needs; in fact, in the 1930s and \u201940s one of the largest fertilizer producers in the world was the Tennessee Valley Authority. This production was wound down in the 1970s; today the industry is dominated by two to four firms, and that may end up having existential implications for hungry people the world over.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bloated Pentagon<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The daily cost<\/a> of the war with Iran so far has been in excess of $1.6 billion per day; at least $11.3 billion was spent in the first week. This figure, based on a Pentagon congressional briefing, may be grossly underestimated. What does that $1.6 billion spent daily mean to the average person? For example, the average cost of a newly constructed elementary school is between $20 million to $50 million; that\u2019s the equivalent cost of 32 new schools per day being used to slaughter Iranian civilians and bomb critical infrastructure. Meanwhile, the Pentagon is seeking an additional $80 billion to $100 billion (down from the original request of $200 billion) to defray war costs on top of the already staggering $800 billion allotted to military spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On April 3, an American F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down by Iranian forces, leaving two crew members stranded in Iranian territory. The U.S. launched what has been described as the most expensive search and rescue effort in history, with a cost in excess of $2 billion when you include destroyed or damaged aircraft and equipment. According the Defense Security Asia<\/em><\/a> website, \u201cBy the end of the mission, the United States had lost an F-15E Strike Eagle, at least two HC-130J Combat King II rescue aircraft, an MH-6 Little Bird helicopter (possibly two), one A-10 Thunderbolt II and possibly multiple MQ-9 Reaper drones, while two HH-60 rescue helicopters were damaged and several other aircraft reportedly declared emergencies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Estimates of the cost of the war do not include Israeli expenditures since the beginning of the Iran campaign and Israel\u2019s illegal invasion of Lebanon. Israel received $21.7 billion in U.S. aid between Oct. 7, 2023, and September 2025. During the first 20 days of the war on Iran, Israel spent $6.4 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How will they pay for it? <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a fair question to wonder how this war will be paid for. Whenever some program or expenditure that helps working people is proposed, politicians cynically ask, \u201cHow are you going to pay for it?\u201d It\u2019s a question they almost universally forget to ask when it comes to war. The most likely scenario is more austerity and budget cuts. Education, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid? Forget it, we have a war to fight!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to The Hill<\/em><\/a>, \u201cTrump during an Easter lunch at the White House said states should fully take over the responsibility of child care, adding states [should] raise taxes to offset the cost. \u2018The United States can\u2019t take care of day care. That has to be up to a state. We can\u2019t take care of day care. We\u2019re a big country. We have 50 states. We have all these other people,\u2019 the president said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018We\u2019re fighting wars. We can\u2019t take care of day care. You got to let a state take care of day care, and they should pay for it, too. They should pay. They have to raise their taxes, but they should pay for it. And we could lower our taxes a little bit to make up for it,\u2019 he added. Child care, Medicare and Medicaid should be handled by the states while the federal government focuses on \u2018military protection,\u2019 the president said.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Branko Marcetic reported in Jacobin (<\/em>\u201cTrump Is Robbing You to Pay for His Dumb War<\/a>\u201d), \u201cTrump\u2019s 2027 budget request\u2014cooked up by his Office of Management and Budget director, lifelong anti-government zealot Russell Vought\u2014envisions a massive 44 percent hike in military spending, taking the defense budget to a hard-to-believe $1.5 trillion. With Trump\u2019s near-trillion-dollar military budget last year, the United States was already spending more on the military than the next nine of the world\u2019s biggest military spenders combined. But this increase would mean U.S. taxpayers would be footing the bill for a military budget that\u2019s more than double that of the next five countries combined.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trump\u2019s henchman Marco Rubio<\/a> displayed a lack of any sense of irony by saying, \u201cImagine if instead of spending billions on weapons, Iran spent that money on its people. They\u2019d have a much different country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Human costs of war<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Iran is suffering many civilian casualties, with the rights group HRANA reporting, \u201c3540 people have been killed since the war erupted. It said 1616 of those were civilians, including at least 244 children.\u201d Additionally, Iranian military forces have sustained more than 6,000 fatalities and 15,000 wounded. U.S. and Israeli air strikes have displaced an estimated 3.2 million Iranians<\/a> internally as civilian infrastructure and housing have been targeted. An additional 1.6 million Afghan refugees who took refuge in Iran are facing hardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The regional expansion of the war has meant more deaths in Iraq (108 killed), Lebanon (1,461 killed including 124 children; this does not count the close to 300 killed by Israeli bombing in the last few days), and Israel (19 killed, not counting 10 IDF deaths in Lebanon), as well as more casualties in the Gulf States. At least 1.3 million have been displaced by Israel\u2019s invasion of Lebanon. Many of these refugees were already refugees from Palestine or from the Syrian civil war. Israel has been bombing civilian infrastructure, such as hospitals, schools, bridges, and housing, in a campaign reminiscent of their destruction of Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Defend the people, defund the Pentagon!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Decades of a one-sided class war waged against workers and the oppressed by the capitalist class and their political servants have left working-class people leading more  precarious lives. Rents are too high, food is more expensive, and health care is too-often priced out of reach. The United States is the only industrialized country where a major illness can  bankrupt families. Trump campaigned for office promising to end forever wars, but he broke that promise. Neither of the political parties of the establishment, Republicans and Democrats, will fight for working-class people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The working class and its allies must wage a united fight against Trump\u2019s authoritarianism and warmongering. We need an alternative to business as usual that puts the interests of workers and the oppressed first. We need a politics that puts people over profits and human needs over the needs of the very wealthy. We need education, housing, health care, and jobs, not more weapons systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stop the wars at home and overseas!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

End all aid to Israel now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Money for jobs, education, health care, and housing\u2014not for war!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defend the people, defund the Pentagon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First published here<\/a> by Workers’ Voice<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo: War preparations on board the U.S. aircraft carrier Gerald Ford.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Six weeks into Trump\u2019s Big Iranian Misadventure, fuel and food prices are soaring because of massive supply chain disruptions caused by the U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran. In the context of the U.S.-Israeli war and Iranian retaliatory attacks, the price of oil rose\u00a0worldwide.<\/p>\n

The Strait of Hormuz is effectively shut down with no end in sight. Approximately 20.3 million barrels of petroleum and crude oil, 25% of the world\u2019s maritime oil shipments, passes through the Strait of Hormuz daily. 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