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19. Adjusted for inflation, 45 cents in 1975 is $2.81 today

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 07:11 PM

21 hrs ago

That does not mean wages for the many of us inflated at an equal pace. In fact, the opposite is true.

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Gas jumped 50 cents a gal overnight [View all] KS Toronado Monday OP

It jumped easily around 50 cents a gallon Emile Monday #1

Oil prices are global. The price always goes up at the pump Klarkashton Monday #2

oil is a fungible commodity lapfog_1 Monday #3

Of course. It always goes up when there is turmoil someplace. Srkdqltr Monday #4

20 cents markie Monday #5

I filled up yesterday 2.88 gal. Today 3.30. Same station. FloridaBlues Monday #6

Gas wildflowergardener Monday #7

20 cent jump hamsterjill Monday #9

It'll take $10 a gallon for behavior to change. Ron Green Yesterday #11

Or idling through long lines at fast-food pick-up windows. KS Toronado Yesterday #14

Yeah $15 a gallon would stop a lot of that nonsense. Ron Green 22 hrs ago #18

Rockets and feathers. n/t flvegan Yesterday #12

Oh, great! Gas here in Northern NY finally sank just below $3 a gallon... Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #13

Adjusted for inflation, 45 cents in 1975 is $2.81 today Dave says 21 hrs ago #19

50 cents here in Indiana D_Master81 Yesterday #15

Ouch ! KS Toronado Yesterday #17