Gas price check

[Andrea B]

@Axtremus said:

Senator Hawley (R - MO) has a bill to pause the federal gas tax for up to six months.

Hey @andrea-b , is there any shame in ?

Probably better than depleting the strategic petroleum reserve.

And to your question, no. Why should there be any shame associated with lowering taxes?

[Renauda]

@Andrea-B

Probably better than depleting the strategic petroleum reserve.

We plenty more where that came from.

The SR is straw man joke.

[Axtremus]

@Andrea-B said:

Probably better than depleting the strategic petroleum reserve.

https://www.energy.gov/articles/united-states-release-172-million-barrels-oil-strategic-petroleum-reserve

March 11, 2026 news release:

... Trump authorized the Department of Energy to release 172 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, beginning next week.

[AndyD]

[Tom-K]

^^^^--The Thread---

"Into each life a little rain must fall."

Maybe I'm a Cool-Ade drinker but I believe those Iranian Ayatollah are BS crazy and they will destroy the world if they aren't stopped. I think Trump's doing the right thing--not perfect and in his own self serving way. (And in this case--mostly I think he's a psychopath.) But in the end he's making the world a better and safer place.

[Mik]

I have to agree.

[AndyD]

I agree too, just wish he'd get on with it! Finish it before his term is up.

[Doctor Phibes]

The concept is fine. I think it's fair to say that the implementation has been rather eccentric.

[jon-nyc]

$6.20 just now.

[Renauda]

@Doctor-Phibes said:

The concept is fine. I think it's fair to say that the implementation has been rather eccentric.

Indeed. Despite all media appearances promoting Teddy Roosevelt in the starring role, it would seem that in reality George B. McClellan is both Producer and Director of the show.

[Andrea B]

[taiwan_girl]

@Andrea-B It would be interesting to see that graph with inflation adjustment.

[Andrea B]

@taiwan_girl post #51.

[taiwan_girl]

@Andrea-B Thanks!!!