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2025-05-22 Economy

Memorial Day Set For Lowest Gas Prices in Over 20 Years

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Posted by Fred 2025-05-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [273 views ] Top

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Problem is, too many of us are not seeing our Retirement checks and SSA-benefits keeping up with even 1/3 of the estimated inflation and the constantly new taxes.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-05-22 04:27|| 2025-05-22 04:27|| Front Page Top

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BTW: local prices in the Mid-east Ga. are $2.92 at most stations and SAM's is selling it for $2.44

Posted by NN2N1 2025-05-22 04:28|| 2025-05-22 04:28|| Front Page Top

#3 “Under-control” inflation doesn’t mean a McDonald’s meal isn’t $10. Biden’s controllers screwed us in a way that can’t be unscrewed.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-05-22 08:14|| 2025-05-22 08:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Isn't so much inflation as gross devaluation of the dollar by the Fed and Treasury. The value of silver in a 1960s coin dollar is now worth $25 dollars. That 1960s McDonalds 15 cent hamburger, fries and small drink, totaled 45 cents, would be $11.50 in today's monopoly money. That $3.02 gallon of gas of today would be 13 cents back then.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-05-22 09:14|| 2025-05-22 09:14|| Front Page Top

#5 You could do a mathematical correlation between “stimulus” spending and inflation. The calculation would approach 1.00

Posted by Super Hose 2025-05-22 11:41|| 2025-05-22 11:41|| Front Page Top

#6 $2.60/gal in Maine at my local warehouse club. I'll take what I can get while I can. The long term outlook for the dollar is not good. Whoever was in charge these last 4 years screwed us good and proper. Fundamentally transformed you might say.

Posted by Difar Dave 2025-05-22 11:43|| 2025-05-22 11:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Oh that's nice. Looks at 2.5% cost of living paycheck raise when inflation was 6%.

Yep. Reeeeaaaal nice

Posted by DarthVader 2025-05-22 13:40|| 2025-05-22 13:40|| Front Page Top

#8 Problem is, too many of us are not seeing our Retirement checks and SSA-benefits keeping up

Nor will you until the budget is under control. What percent of discretionary spending goes straight to interest on the deficit now?

Posted by trailing wife 2025-05-22 14:16|| 2025-05-22 14:16|| Front Page Top

#9 Regular gas in the Chicago area varies from $3.60 to $4.00 +. What relief???

Posted by illeagle 2025-05-22 15:21|| 2025-05-22 15:21|| Front Page Top

#10 average around $3.02 per gallon

That's higher than diesel around here.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-05-22 15:48|| 2025-05-22 15:48|| Front Page Top

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Just put 50 gallons of haul-ass to the sticks emergency gas with STA-Bil Gas Stabilizer in the shack.

Posted by 2025-05-22 21:24|| 2025-05-22 21:24|| Front Page Top

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