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DSandra

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5. Gas rose up to its highest during the Bush Administration...

Reply to gab13by13 (Original post)

Thu Nov 27, 2025, 01:47 PM

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That's when it went from $1.50 a gallon avg to $4 avg a gallon, back in 2008. It went higher back in 2022 but counting for inflation I think the 2008 price is higher.

The Koch Brothers made a killing in the 2000s, vastly multiplying their net worth.

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