re: Damn gas prices are getting out of hand

I don’t disagree that Trump’s actions regarding Iran may have contributed to rising gas prices, but blaming the increase during Biden’s term entirely on coincidence is laughable.

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if Iran nukes Israel or D.C. or New York...

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Suppose you'd rather see what gas prices are like if Iran nukes Israel or D.C. or New York...

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Those damned dubyaemdeeeeeeez.

They were never a threat to us

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Rig count significantly higher during Biden administration.

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Dang, no wars, more rigs, how'd he manage to frick up energy pricing for us so badly then?

Why don't people ever complain about the cost for a gallon of beer? I'm pretty sure that beer is easier to make than gasoline.

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Just paid $3.30 and that’s rural Mississippi.

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When gas prices hit 4-5 dollars or more a gallon in the South more people will be concerned. We paid more after Katrina and periods after the oil spill when the some of the gulf was shut in. At some point, when the prices gets so high and it affects peoples ability to travel and fuel use starts dropping, leading to higher supplies, gas prices will find a level.

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This is the price we all have to pay for safety from being nuked by a country that has continuously been just 2 weeks away from a nuclear weapon for over 2 decades.

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I 100% agree with this statement.

And then there is this

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The United States national debt crossed $39 trillion for the first time Tuesday, arriving at the grim milestone less than five months after it first hit $38 trillion in late October—a pace of accumulation that budget watchdogs and academic economists are now calling, with unusual unanimity, “unsustainable.”

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