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Cheezoholic

(4,098 posts)
4. Tons of states paused their taxes on fuel temporarily when prices shot up. As prices ease these taxes are going back
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 07:40 AM
9 hrs ago

It's the real price as many states prices were artificially induced downward using this method at the peak. Plus, this DOJ is run by billionaires who never heard gas always goes up like a rocket and comes down like feather because their portfolio's do the same.

Melon

(1,879 posts)
8. ....i only found 4 states that enacted any reduction in taxes.
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 03:13 PM
1 hr ago

Indiana Utah Kentucky and Georgia.

31j20b3

(59 posts)
5. gas, now $3.57 a gallon for low octane, is down about 75 cents a gallon here
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 08:07 AM
8 hrs ago

in the past 3 weeks. Still has a way to go to be at pre-iran war prices.

But it is (at least until the nex breakdown in peace talks) down across the inner Milwaukee suburbs

indusurb

(357 posts)
6. Aftermath of the war Trump started
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 08:59 AM
7 hrs ago

Oil shippers are going to be leery of going through the Strait of Hormuz until peace plan is actually in place and working for awhile, therefore fewer tanker going through the Strait. Shipping insurers are going to be charging more for those tankers going through the Strait until the peace plan is in effect for awhile and things have settled down, thus those price hikes get passed on down the line, ultimately to you and me. All that infrastructure that got bombed into oblivion all around the Gulf States is going to take awhile to rebuild, so supplies are going to be constricted for some time, thus keeping prices higher. All in all I don't think prices at the pump are going to come back down to pre war levels for at least a year, maybe two.

The ultimate fault for all of this lies with Trump and his stupid, needless war. But the DOJ won't say that in their report. They'll come up with some stupid excuse to deflect blame away from their dear leader, perhaps blaming it on vandals, or antifa.

allegorical oracle

(6,686 posts)
7. Each day, djt proves how he doesn't comprehend the economy or how gov't
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 11:03 AM
5 hrs ago

functions. Gas stations are still selling gasoline that was purchased before crude prices started falling. Once that supply is exhausted, prices may fall further. Keep wondering how/when he'll replace the national reserves he's used up.

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