From CNN:
America just got a $100-a-month raise
Next time you stop at a gas station, think of it as a $100-a-month tax cut. Or a maybe $100-a-month raise. The steady drop in gas prices over the last few months has turned into an unexpected form of economic stimulus.... Since hitting a record of $5.02 a gallon on June 14, the national average price for regular gas is down $1.10, or 22 percent, to $3.92, according to AAA.... Since the typical US household uses about 90 gallons of gas a month, the $1.10 drop in prices equals a savings of $98.82.
Got that? The decline in gas prices over the past six weeks means that you, average American, have effectively gotten a hundred dollar raise! Hurray!
How'm I supposed to afford this? I voted Democrat.
Except, well, we can't help but notice that this article ignores the 108 percent increase which led up to that record $5.02 national average, beginning when Joe Biden took office. As Ed Morrisey points out, even with the drop, prices are still sitting 65 percent above what they were on inauguration day. And even that doesn't factor in the lessening value of each dollar, the result of Bidenflation. Moreover, says Morrisey,
[T]he price didn’t drop because the Biden administration brought massive new supplies into the market. The prices dropped due to a fall in demand for gasoline as it got too expensive for American consumers to use on vacations and other non-essential travel. That indicates an economic contraction on the way, not a pay raise.
Which is to say, far from being a sign that the recession is cancelled, this dip in gas prices is more like the spotter shouting, "Iceberg, dead ahead!"
Some raise.
Article tags: Gas Prices, idiots, inflation, Joe Biden, Recession, useful idiots
Do they really think we're this stupid? Their sycophants may be, but not the public at large. And they know it. It's a big "efff you, and I'm laughing in your face " to the normies out there.