The Iran war has rattled the global flow of oil, with steeper fuel costs already straining households worldwide. And in the U.S., drivers are now facing the highest prices they’ve seen at the pump in about two and a half years.
According to motor club AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline jumped over $3.84 on Wednesday, up from $2.98 consumers were paying before the U.S. and Israel launched the war with joint attacks against Iran on Feb. 28. The last time gas prices were as expensive as they are now was in September 2023.
“It’s pretty hard. I mean, times are tough for everybody right now,” Amanda Acosta, a Louisiana resident, told The Associated Press while filling up her car’s tank this week. “I’m getting way less gas and paying way more money.”
My coworker said that the war was necessary, and that she is willing to pay the higher gas prices. She bitched her way through how “Biden made gas more expensive” even though Biden had no control over the war on Ukraine that caused the spike on his term. Now Trump is personally responsible for the higher gas prices, and she doesn’t mind them.
The cognitive dissonance is staggering.
This is the same line they were fed about literally everything, including tariffs. “Short term pain, long term gain.” Except it’s not, because they have no long-term planning.
Yeah, but that’s only because inflation is going to keep making the US dollar worth less.
Wait a minute…
And still incredibly cheap…
$5 soon
