Note the prices in the period of 2011-2014 during the Obama administration. There was no Democratic braying about gasoline affordability that I ever heard back then. Five hundred gallons of gasoline as a percentage of median household income was higher then by probably 60%.
Oh, I get all that - and understand that inflation is below what it was during the Biden admin:
“Biden’s term was defined by a post-pandemic surge that peaked at 9.1% in mid-2022 before cooling to roughly 3.0% by the end of his presidency.
Trump’s first term featured stable, low inflation, while his second term (2025–present) has seen inflation average around 2.7% to 3.0% so far, with some data points showing it rising to 3.3% in 2026.”
What does the average person see when he/she goes to the gas station or grocery store? High gas and grocery prices, especially beef, along with shrinkflation of everyday items. Gas is running ≈ $6.10/gallon in California - no thanks to the California governor’s idiotic War on Oil - Newsom blames high gas prices on “greedy oil companies” and Trump, not his own “green” mandated policies. His idiot voters continue to vote for him.
Who does the average person blame these high prices on? Whoever is in office at that time, i.e., Republicans.
One of my neighbors bought a large home with a beautiful red tiled roof - that was in far worse shape than he thought (home bought “as is”) - he was quoted $130k to replace roof.
Sold the home, “as is” and moved to Florida.