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US average fuel price passes $4 a gallon for first time in four years amid Iran war
(www.theguardian.com)
You can always count on the GOP to fuck everything up.
this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2026
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I think a lot about how a Iranian man I worked with, a high ranking executive, said to me straight faced "the Republicans will unlock the economy" in like 2024.
People believe absolute nonsense.
…and they'll do it again
and somehow they get voted in for "being better for the economy"
well we now understand the obvious answer to that riddle which seemed just too ridiculous to be true before... America is full of morons
If we let them.
And by 'we', those 75 million idiots who believed they'd lower egg prices.
Virtuosic incompetence
Converts dollars per gallon to euros per liter ..... That's it?
I apparently pay $10 per gallon
Americans drive much larger vehicles and are totally dependent on them for necessities of life.
Hence why our gas is so cheap. If our gas was 10 bucks a gallon our economy would collapse. at 5 dollars a gallon, they will cause recession
No, subsidies and domestic production and refinement are why it's less expensive than Europe.
The supply and demand argument would mean the "lack of demand" in Europe due to public transport and smaller cars should make it cheaper.
It's because you guys get health care and the like with your taxes.
It hit $4.29 yesterday, the first time I've seen it over $4 in my long lifetime. I have never paid more than $3.99 for gas. It looks like that's about to end.
I bought gas for $2.69 on the day the war started.
I just saw >$4 where I live for the first time in my life. I've paid more on trips to California, but never here where I live.
Thanks, Trump.