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BeneteauBum

(709 posts)
Thu May 7, 2026, 11:57 AM 2 hrs ago

Well today I saw regular unleaded gas at $5 per gallon for the first time ever

while on my to grocery shop where I paid 30% more for the usual weekly items. This is insane. On top of that, my medical insurance went up $90/month. While these cost may not affect the affluent very much, the rest of America has to be freaking out. The rich are getting richer while the rest of us get the finger.

Peace ☮️

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Well today I saw regular unleaded gas at $5 per gallon for the first time ever (Original Post) BeneteauBum 2 hrs ago OP
$4.13 on the Texas Coast and tell me again why I have to help pay for a $1 billion ballroom.. surfered 2 hrs ago #1
Patience Grasshopper as republican will tell you republianmushroom 1 hr ago #2
Over $5 in "Vegas vapor2 1 hr ago #3
$6.49 last week in Sunnyvale, CA dickthegrouch 1 hr ago #4
I can recall paying 27 cents a gallon. sinkingfeeling 1 hr ago #5
I remember 17 cents for Sunoco 190 Submariner 1 hr ago #6
Same Here ProfessorGAC 1 hr ago #7
Everything's north of $5.30 here Prairie Gates 1 hr ago #8
There are some stations with $5 gasoline in Houston LetMyPeopleVote 20 min ago #9
$5.85 for regular in my town. pfitz59 2 min ago #10

surfered

(14,074 posts)
1. $4.13 on the Texas Coast and tell me again why I have to help pay for a $1 billion ballroom..
Thu May 7, 2026, 12:05 PM
2 hrs ago

…for a guy who dances worse than I do?

Submariner

(13,420 posts)
6. I remember 17 cents for Sunoco 190
Thu May 7, 2026, 12:32 PM
1 hr ago

there were a Gulf, Esso, Sunoco, and Texaco stations battling out gas prices on each corner of a city intersection. It was nuts.

ProfessorGAC

(77,159 posts)
7. Same Here
Thu May 7, 2026, 12:54 PM
1 hr ago

Yesterday morning at the large city about 20 miles from us. Right near the highway there was a shell & a BP that had regular price starting with 5.

pfitz59

(12,876 posts)
10. $5.85 for regular in my town.
Thu May 7, 2026, 02:03 PM
2 min ago

Almost $7.00 for diesel. The downtown dining districts are becoming ghost towns as folks opt to stay home and save gas. The bus and rail system has seen a steep upsurge in ridership. Its 'frogs in boiling water' times. Our society is so highly dependent on cheap gas that a seismic change is inevitable. And think, 3 more years of Trump!

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