How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?"

it was up $1.25 in Orlando, but only 65 cents in South Carolina today. seemed like a bargain
it will be about 50 bucks extra to drive home in a 50mpg vehicle

 

When is the last time you looked at historical gasoline prices, say starting 15 years ago? And then look at them corrected to today dollars (add about 50% for 2010 prices.)

 

I buy less than 2 gallons per year. My BMW i3-REx runs the range extender engine every 60 days or so to keep the engine parts lubricated and check for any latent defects. I haven't changed the oil since I bought it about 3-4 years ago. One pair of rear drive tires, windshield wipers, car washes, and window washing fluid.

Bob Wilson

 

What did they call it 3 years ago?

 

OK....
Since oil has fluctuated wildly in price in the intervening 12 years since Russia invaded the Ukies (under Obama in 2014!) might it perhaps be something ELSE this time?

I think we need to put a pin in THIS topic as well and perhaps look a little further down the road than the next Presidential election.
The people who are probably in the greatest peril economically over this fracas are the OPEC+ nations.
Remember......three of those nations had to sell their oil with 'shadow fleet' tankers and that's NOT as easy to do as it was a year ago.
UK armed forces authorised to board Russian tankers in British waters | Royal Navy | The Guardian

If Iranian and Venezuelan oil can eventually be shipped sanction-free then the spot price for oil might plunge precipitously.
Remember....oil briefly traded below $0 a barrel less than a decade ago.
Remember ALSO that a certain President screwed over the people of Venezuela by easing the oil and gold sanctions in 2023.
The bottom line is that there IS no shortage of oil, and if nations were permitted to produce at capacity gas would probably be $0.509 a gallon, which would probably cause much grief to the Climate Industrial Complex....

 

This party's just getting started. Still a few weeks to go before the next big bump.

 

My TPT is about $1/gal. I don’t buy much gas, but the diesel is maybe $1.50 for the TPT so things are going to cost more in addition to the TPT.

 

Gee....
I guess that's what I get for listening to the drive-by intelligentsia who keep insisting that "WW2 Part 1" kicked off due to nations being trapped by political and military collective defense alliances..........sorta like............NATO's Baskin Robbin +1 group.

It is rather convenient to insist that a whole WORLD WAR (or in this case, 2 of them going on a third) gets to be blamed on ONE participant.

 

Perhaps because he brags about it.

Bob Wilson

 

An issue so easy to understand, even JOE gets it.
(Scarborough that is - the only thing the other Joe gets is frequent diaper changes.....)

 

PA taxes are a percentage rate on wholesale prices, so changes become greater.

That said, gas about $1 more than before war start. The current spread for diesel over regular gas is now $2.

Gas price inflation, 1935→2026
Note: Current US average is $3.99, not $3.29 that site states.

Shame most people's income didn't keep pace with inflation though.

 

You have that the other way around.
Typical for an Anglo.
Instead of "Just can't blame him...." maybe you should try: "Can't blame JUST him....."

Ask yourself two questions:
When did WW1, Part 2 BEGIN?
If you said "World War II officially began on September 1, 1939, when Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland....."
Congratulations!
You've at LEAST memorized some of the Cliff notes, aaaaand you're probably not of Asian descent.
Just remember: RUSSIA ALSO invaded Poland, albeit 17 days later because: Russia.

So....
NOW ASK YOURSELF the other question.....
When did it end?

If you want to get the real flavor of how complex global conflicts can get, ask yourself when the first US warship was sunk during WW2......
If you mentioned the USS Ruben James - Mazel-Tov!
You did it again!

(Hint!) USS Panay (PR-5) was a fully commissioned United States Navy combat ship......
It was about oil back then too....

 

Newsom, Calif taxes are @$0.90 per gallon.
Newsom, Calif environmental regulatory taxes are @$0.54 per gallon.
Trump, Federal taxes are @ $0.18 per gallon.

Today Mar 27 2026 price of Chevron Premium is $6.60 per gallon in my area.