Gas Prices Have Gone Up 67 Percent Since Obama Became President

weeklystandard.com ^ | Mar 9, 2011 | MARK HEMINGWAY

[defeat_the_dem_igods]

Ah, January of 2009. Hope was in the air, but more importantly, gas was under two dollars a gallon. Since then gas prices, have gone up 67 percent and it's an ominously upward trend. Interestingly enough, the Heritage Foundation also took a look at the first 26 months of Bush's presidency -- gas only rose 7 percent during that time frame.

[gunnyg]

PLEASE...
refer to the “media” as what it really is: the fourth estate of gubmint!

The real media is now the internet, composed of bloggers, emailers, etc. the new “pamphleteers,” town criers, etc.

Ya gotta do it yerself these days—so get a blog and start blogging....”they’re” scared sh**less of the internet, that’s why they are trying to control ir/take away our freedom of speech—don’t let ‘em **** on ya, open yer mouth!
*****

[thackney]

They price is already old.

Actually, old and too low even for Feb.

Weekly U.S. RegularRetail Gasoline Prices
http://www.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=EMM_EPMR_PTE_NUS_DPG&f=W

[cranked]

...hope and change.... =.=

[The Antiyuppie]

“And now the MSM is pushing the theory that their is very little the POTUS can do about it.”

Strange...Bush COULD do something about it, but chose not to...what happened? </s>

[savedbygrace]

Gasoline taxes are based on X cents per gallon, so if the prices go up significantly and in response consumers reduce the amount of gasoline they are purchasing, the amount of money going to the government will decrease, not increase.

http://www.api.org/statistics/fueltaxes/upload/Gasoline-Tax-Map.pdf

[depressed in 06]

At only 67%, even, he considers that a failure.

[WOBBLY BOB]

[Windflier]

January 2009 price: $1.83
Today’s price: $3.53

I’m no math genius, but that’s a spike of almost 100%.

It's 92% to be exact.

CBS? NBC? CNN? ABC? Anyone.......?

[blueunicorn6]

Here’s how my Democrat relatives respond to this, “NANANANA!!!I CAN’T HEAR YOU! I CAN’T HEAR YOU!”

[Justa]

Due to Quantitative Easing-based inflation from the Democrats’s un-impeded spending on entitlements and subsidies for their political dependents (unions, unemployed, grifters, etc.). It’s a racket and it needs to be broken.