Left-wing politicians, environmentalists responsible for high gas prices

[Jan 6 Donkey Show Fails To Place]

Like Hitler, I too have shocking table manners,

(From Sixth District Congressman Sam Graves)
When I went to fill up my truck last weekend, I paid over $3.80
a gallon. That’s almost unheard of in Northwest Missouri. The
record high average gas price just down the road in St. Joseph
is just $3.89 a gallon.

The bad part is, we’ve been relatively fortunate here in North
Missouri. Across the country, gas prices are average $4.27 a
gallon today. If you happen to live in Northeast Missouri and
have to travel across the river to Illinois, make sure you fill
up your tank before you cross the river. Gas is running over
$4.50 a gallon in Illinois.

All of this is putting a hurting on families. It’s been hard
enough to make ends meet with rising inflation, skyrocketing gas
prices are making it almost impossible. This isn’t just
impacting folks directly, but indirectly too. Virtually every
link in the supply chain depends on fuel to get products to
market and when fuel prices skyrocket like this, it impacts the
price of virtually everything.

That’s especially true for farmers. A friend of mine over in
Salisbury filled his one-ton feed truck up the other day and it
cost him $300.

On top of that, prices for fertilizer, seed, and other inputs
have skyrocketed with inflation as well. That’s created a lot of
problems. Even though farmers are looking at record high prices
for their products, the price of production has risen even
higher, putting the squeeze on family farms everywhere.

The real shame is that all of this could have been avoided. Even
though President Biden likes to blame Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine for the high prices we’re seeing at the pump right now,
prices were rising long before then. This isn’t a problem weeks
in the making, it’s a problem years in the making.

On his first day in office, President Biden cancelled the
Keystone XL Pipeline, which promised to bring in more crude oil
from our ally Canada than we had been importing from Russia.
That’s just one example. Left wing environmentalists and
politicians have been obstructing pipeline and drilling projects
for years—driving down oil production and driving up costs at
the pump in the name of climate change.

Enough is enough. It doesn’t have to be this way. We can and
should make America energy independent. Until we do, we’re going
to keep feeling this pain at the pump.

[John Doe]

Post by Jan 6 Donkey Show Fails To Place

Like Hitler, I too have shocking table manners,

(From Sixth District Congressman Sam Graves)
When I went to fill up my truck last weekend, I paid over $3.80
a gallon. That’s almost unheard of in Northwest Missouri. The
record high average gas price just down the road in St. Joseph
is just $3.89 a gallon.
The bad part is, we’ve been relatively fortunate here in North
Missouri. Across the country, gas prices are average $4.27 a
gallon today. If you happen to live in Northeast Missouri and
have to travel across the river to Illinois, make sure you fill
up your tank before you cross the river. Gas is running over
$4.50 a gallon in Illinois.
All of this is putting a hurting on families. It’s been hard
enough to make ends meet with rising inflation, skyrocketing gas
prices are making it almost impossible. This isn’t just
impacting folks directly, but indirectly too. Virtually every
link in the supply chain depends on fuel to get products to
market and when fuel prices skyrocket like this, it impacts the
price of virtually everything.
That’s especially true for farmers. A friend of mine over in
Salisbury filled his one-ton feed truck up the other day and it
cost him $300.
On top of that, prices for fertilizer, seed, and other inputs
have skyrocketed with inflation as well. That’s created a lot of
problems. Even though farmers are looking at record high prices
for their products, the price of production has risen even
higher, putting the squeeze on family farms everywhere.
The real shame is that all of this could have been avoided. Even
though President Biden likes to blame Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine for the high prices we’re seeing at the pump right now,
prices were rising long before then. This isn’t a problem weeks
in the making, it’s a problem years in the making.
On his first day in office, President Biden cancelled the
Keystone XL Pipeline, which promised to bring in more crude oil
from our ally Canada than we had been importing from Russia.
That’s just one example. Left wing environmentalists and
politicians have been obstructing pipeline and drilling projects
for years—driving down oil production and driving up costs at
the pump in the name of climate change.
Enough is enough. It doesn’t have to be this way. We can and
should make America energy independent. Until we do, we’re going
to keep feeling this pain at the pump.

At least this last paragraph actually makes sense.