[Pessimist]

Those are cents, not PERcents. Big difference.

[ClaireSolt]

Last year, Florida had a moratorium on gas tax, and Jeb Bush said this week that noone even mentioned it to him in the last year. So, maybe this gas price hysteria is another example of the media trying to create news that is not there.

If they wanted to do something helpful, they might remind people of the things that they can do to adjust, if the prices are bothering them. In fact, people will make adjustments in what they drive, how far they drive, and even in where they live as they see fit. We don't need a bunch of comand and control one size fits all federal government solutions.