Comparison of a five year period in the average price....

[Aviation Pro]

...of gasoline.

Year Month President Average Price of 1 Gallon of Regular % (+/-)
---- ----- --------- ------------------------------------ --------
1993 July Clinton $1.07.5
2001 July Bush $1.33.5
1998 July Clinton $1.04.5 - 2.8%
2006 July Bush $3.01.5 + 125.8%

Just a question, anyone here see their income rise by 125% in the last five years?

Stats found here: http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/wrgp/mogas_history.html

[uppityperson]

1. k&r for numbers and a good question. Answer...hahahahaha. not me.

[wakeme2008]

2. LOL I sent this to a couple repugs..

:)

[whistle]

3. Is it safe to say then that the cost of living for average Americans

...then has increased by far more than the official rate of 19.9% since Bush came into office in January of 2001? My guess is that it the cost of living index for middle and lower class Americans probably runs three to four times the official numbers (from 60% to 80%) and the basic cost of fuel and energy is an underlying factor in that uneven burden.

[Aviation Pro]

4. My strategy for November....

...talk to everyone in my community within earshot about the economic impact of higher energy prices, the pitiful growth of average incomes, and the relationship of these factors to the war(s) and then tell them (Tell them!) to vote Democrat in November.

Nobody can dispute these numbers when they hit home and when I talk to Republicans I talk from a position of moral strength and high ground.

I predict a landslide victory for the Democrats in November.

[HughBeaumont]

5. I saw a photo of the last gas prices of the Clinton Administration

$1.33 a gallon in 2000.

In 2006 dollars, that would be $1.56.

Worst case scenario - $2.00.

It's now averaging 3 bucks and CLIMBING.

So I don't want to hear it from Repuke relatives who say "you can't blame this on Bush"!

[BR_Parkway]

11. Not Bush's fault - it's Conservative policies that always bring this sort

of thing on. Their "free market" is propped up with tax breaks, giveaways and any other legislation that they can pass to pay back their corporate donations.

I don't want people in Nov voting against Bush (OK, I'll take them voting that way if we must) I want them voting, in massive numbers, against the whole Conservative failed policies. If they just vote against Bush, then it's easy enough for the GOP to put up respectable challengers in 2010 and 2012. I was to see a generation of American's just say NO to Conservatives and their bullshit. Plain and simple.

It's been tried, didn't work. Tried again, didn't work. Won't work for everyday Americans no matter how many times you dress it up, or what fancy names you give to the programs. Conservative policies are all about enriching the few at the expense of the many, they're short sighted and focused on raping an instant profit vs a long term sustainability. They are failures. We don't need to treat the symptoms as much as simply cure the disease.

Remission From Republicans

I'd like to see clean, clear across-the-board 70-75% of the vote go to progressives (or at least a Democratic facsimile thereof) - now that would be a mandate!

[oneold1-4u]

6. Sadly

All food costs and of course medical and rents have increased accordingly but housing allowances have even been lowered and also food stamps.
Senior and disabled care has been extremely cut and soon many of these will have to move in with family or to nursing homes that have also had to cut staffing because of rising costs of necessities.

[DemonFighterLives]

7. All I can do is shake my head

My VISA bill last month had 350$ for gas. I made a few extra trips with my dad on his death bed, but damn.
:freak:
:argh:

[tuvor]

8. How much did it increase under Carter vs. Ford/Nixon?

If I want to show this to freepers, I want my bases all covered.

[tritsofme]

9. The earliest data I can find is from Oct 1973

Where leaded regular gasoline was $0.402/gallon.

In January 1977 leaded regular was $0.600/gallon, and unleaded regular was $0.627/gallon.

In January 1981 leaded regular was $1.238/gallon and unleaded regular $1.298/gallon.

In January 1989 unleaded regular was $0.918/gallon.

The data is US city averages taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

You can find it here:
http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=ap

[fasttense]

10. So it is official now, we can complain about gas prices.

Now that gas prices are the highest in the history of the US, can we complain without a freeper saying "but adjusted for inflation". I wonder why freepers love high gas bills?

[Aviation Pro]

12. Because they are stupid sheep....

...who vote in blocs on whatever emotional single issue is tugging at their village idiot brains.

[ComerPerro]

19. Because a gallon of gas is cheaper than a gallon of paint, and all that BS

[Hubert Flottz]

13. Now there is a difference between a democrat and a repub in

the White House! For those who can't tell the difference, like Ralphie!

[NicoleM]

14. In 1999, I paid $0.98 a gallon in Montana.

We'll never see prices that low again.

[Darkhawk32]

15. The only time the price of gas dropped significantly was when.............

Jim Jeffords turned independent and gave control of the Senate back to the Democrats for a short while.

[tritsofme]

17. A nice thought

but low gas prices post 9/11 can be attributed mostly to an airline industry in bankruptcy and a sharp cut in demand for flights which led to much less jet fuel being used and glut of crude.

[Darkhawk32]

18. Not a "nice thought". It's the truth...

[tritsofme]

20. The truth

is the series of events that I pointed out.

[Toots]

16. Well one sure way to fix it is a "Tax Cut" for the "Haves & Have Mores"

:crazy: