houndawg wrote:Ibanez wrote:
It might also be worth it to look at the price of gas with inflation and the power of the dollar taken into account.
why bother since the price of gas doesn't matter?

I'm just saying, you can't really compare the two prices against 2 dates, approx. 8 years apart. There is so much more involved.
And, Bush isn't any better than Obama due to the fact that the average price of gas when Clinton left office was $1.85.
By BDKs logic, a 4 cent increase is acceptable but a 5 cent is not. And since Obama has 299 days left, let's be realistic. How much was gas in January 2008? According to Consumer Report, $3.11/gal.
Price of Oil in January 2008 was $92.69 (January 11, 2008)
Price of Oil in January 2016 is $30.44
I don't support Obama, but let's get real.