Sky-high prices indicate an unpleasant situation in the fuel pumps of California in particular, and America in general – the Biden administration? Is he still claiming that inflation will pass? Or blame Putin?
A Chevron gas station in Los Angeles, California, charges more than $ 8 a gallon for gasoline, another ominous sign that there is no end in sight to the inflation nightmare that befalls America.
A Fox 11 reporter was unable to get comments from convenience store employees about the high fuel prices, with local media criticizing the station for extorting prices.
However, gasoline was already averaging more than $ 6 a gallon in California in mid-May, and photos showed that a Mobile gas station in the Los Angeles area was already charging close to $ 7.30 a gallon by the end of last month.
Gas was $7.29 in Los Angeles today. pic.twitter.com/h6EEFcC9Lg
— Jake Coco (@jakecoco) May 22, 2022
Chevron issued a statement saying that the independent business owners of each station individually “make their own decisions about the prices they will charge at the stations.”
Fox 11 reports that the California Attorney General has already warned stations “against illegal market manipulations,” but says there is not much that can be done without local, state or federal officials issuing a state of emergency.
While fuel prices continue to climb, the Biden administration appears to be taking steps to exacerbate the crisis, with Joe Biden vigorously declaring a ban on Russian gas and oil imports.
President Biden announces U.S. ban on Russian oil imports:
“Today I’m announcing the United States is targeting the main artery of Russia’s economy…The American people will deal another powerful blow to Putin’s war machine.” pic.twitter.com/3HtvXxEWfR
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 8, 2022
Meanwhile, the Biden administration’s new tactic to fight inflation is to convince Americans that it does not exist, and to stress to people who pay more at the pump and the supermarket that their dwindling savings and wage contraction do not indicate a broken economy, the question is how long it will work.
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