Daily Reminder: Gas Prices

The president has argued that this is an unfair comparison, that the price of gas in 2009 was due to a bad economy. Does that mean the economy is good now and that $3.687 per gallon is acceptable?

Data source: Energy Information Administration

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Daily Reminder

Usually when I bring up the high price of gasoline under the Obama administration, my left-of-center friends point out that many factors that go into gas prices are not under the president's control. That's true, but it doesn't get him off the hook for botched policies on the factors that are under his control.

Data source: AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report

Michael Isenberg is the author of Full Asylum, a novel about politics, freedom, and hospital gowns. Check it out on Amazon.com.

Daily Reminder

Michael Isenberg is the author of Full Asylum, a novel about politics, freedom, and hospital gowns. Check it out on Amazon.com.

Thank a Speculator

Mr. President: are you doing that on purpose, or can't you make up your mind?

For the record, this is what he had to say in 2008 about the similar issue of electric rates:

"Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket."