Biden’s Hypocritical Flip-Flop on Green Energy
Despite record gas prices and rising inflation, President Joe Biden has kept to his campaign pledge to push a “green” energy agenda. That changed ahead of Biden’s Tuesday afternoon tour…
Politicians’ answer to high gas prices: send voters checks
High gasoline prices have a tendency to make politicians worried about their re-election chances do the darndest things. Consider the wave of pols who think the best way to help…
Tax holidays, even for gasoline, are bad public policy
Many states stage what they call “tax holidays” in which they temporarily stop collecting a certain tax – usually a sales tax – and pass on the “savings” to residents….
Progressives barking up the “profiteering” tree
Gas prices are up, and among the loudest voices decrying the rise are progressive politicians who are convinced it’s all due to big il companies profiting off Putin’s war against…
Democrats ponder gas tax holiday to stem inflation
The old news: Rising gas prices have some Democrats worried they will get wiped out in the November elections. The new wrinkle to the old news: Democrats propose a federal…
When all else fails, blame price gougers
Call it a sign that the Biden administration is desperate to change the narrative on rising gas prices, or call it economic illiteracy, either way, the president’s demand that the…
White House searches for scapegoats to take the blame for rising gas prices
There’s been a steady drum beat in the press and from political circles for someone – the president, Congress, somebody – to do something about rising gas prices. Here’s a…