>>I like trickle-down much better than Nobama's tinkle-on. We were better off under any of the presidents since Jimmy Carter left office than we have been under the Great Obfuscator. Gas was running around 1.80 a gallon when Bush left office....Oh well, as James Carville liked to say - It's the Economy Stupid! And it will be the same when Obama loses to whomever lines up against him.
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>Just before the 2008 election, gas prices here were the highest I can remember them being. Yes, they dropped after that, but even this latest rise hasn't gone back to those prices.
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>Tamar

We hit $4/gallon here this spring. 1st time ever here.

Personally I'm all for tacking on another several $/gallon tax on gasoline (and non-commercial diesel - yep - show ID) that could go to alternative energy development (absolutely NONE to oil companies for any reason).

Since too many people in this country are still way too short sighted, a weaning from oil needs to be pushed rather than just stalled for another decade.