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

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    which is exactly what they want
     
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    Sure is a lot of whining around here! At least we have a good reason for higher fuel prices, this time.

    What was Biden's excuse in June 2022 when gasoline hit $5.00???

    I think the Good Lord EVERY DAY Kamala wasn't elected.....she would've been worse than Al Gore or Hillary Clinton combined.
     
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    Um, a not-too-surprising, and quickly resolved, mismatch between stimulated demand and supply reestablishment while trying to accomplish recovery from a deep pandemic downturn?
     
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    The resulting $5 a gallon in June 2022 was due to a war started by Vladimir Putin.

    The current ris in gasoline prices is due to a war started by Donald J. Trump.
     
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    Right, that also was happening in petroleum markets at the same time economies were working to recover from the pandemic downturn....
     
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    I grew up in Oklahoma where 120 mile round trip for a quart of milk was normal. Regardless, frequent stops helps a lot.

    Bob Wilson
     
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    And how does that help me pay $1,250/month medical insurance for house keeper?

    How about gas from Caddy that toes her business trailer?

    We still need to eat so how cheap when the food is grown, harvested, and delivered with diesel?

    The pain today is real and getting worse versus your ‘straw man’ that never happened. So I will vote my wallet in November.

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    Because I drive EVs, I don’t remember it reaching $5 in Huntsville. One month reads like “cherry picking”. So I checked:
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    The show a much lower average for the years 2021-2024.

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    “whining” reminds me that family member Mary Trump reports Donald’s favorite game was “make the baby cry.” Is that yours too?

    Looking for Liberal tears staining the ballots come November? Early indications they will be tears of joy.

    Bob Wilson
     
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    Nothing personal Bob, but anyone that uses that psychotic woman as a reference for anything is an idiot.
     
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    Thanks for clearing up who's the psychotic one in that family.
     
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    Discussing Mary Trump:
    This prompted me to read the Wiki and it revealed that family has a lot of ‘issues.’ But their issues don’t change what a collection of misfits. Small wonder Donald is such a sociopath.

    As for Mary, even paranoids have enemies. The biggest fight being over Fred’s dead bones. She is the black sheep of that nest of vipers… more credible than the rest.

    Still “make the baby cry” pretty well describes how the sociopath treats those next to him. For that back biting family, cruelty is what one expects.
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