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BeneteauBum

(764 posts) Thu May 7, 2026, 11:57 AM May 7

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

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 [View all] BeneteauBum May 7 OP

$4.13 on the Texas Coast and tell me again why I have to help pay for a $1 billion ballroom.. surfered May 7 #1

Patience Grasshopper as republican will tell you republianmushroom May 7 #2

Over $5 in "Vegas vapor2 May 7 #3

$6.49 last week in Sunnyvale, CA dickthegrouch May 7 #4

Last night, I saw $8.59 for Diesel at a Chevron... haele May 7 #21

I can recall paying 27 cents a gallon. sinkingfeeling May 7 #5

I recall popsdenver May 7 #11

"A buck's wortha lo-test, please." NBachers May 7 #26

I recall when gas first went above $1 per gallon, no one had pumps that could display that. ToxMarz May 7 #18

Long, long ago I would walk to the station down the street and pay 25 cents for a gallon to mow the lawn. state of stupid May 7 #24

I remember 17 cents for Sunoco 190 Submariner May 7 #6

Same Here ProfessorGAC May 7 #7

Everything's north of $5.30 here Prairie Gates May 7 #8

There are some stations with $5 gasoline in Houston LetMyPeopleVote May 7 #9

$5.85 for regular in my town. pfitz59 May 7 #10

In Denver popsdenver May 7 #14

I remember five cents a gallon -- byronius May 7 #12

A trucker today on MS NOW showed his fuel receipt for more than $600. nt allegorical oracle May 7 #13

Hell, popsdenver May 7 #16

This is why there's increased desperation on the part of the GOP misanthrope May 7 #15

It's hovered around $4.79/gl here in Mesa AZ AZ8theist May 7 #17

4.59 in Central Florida, east coast . . . SarcasticSatyr May 7 #19

Memorial Day weekend is in two weeks ToxMarz May 7 #20

They are going to bleed us dry.... as the stockholders of Chevron, etc. make BILLIONS Teacher of the Year May 7 #27

We keep hitting tipping points $4 $5, $100 fill up... frogstar0 May 7 #22

But just remember - somewhere in central Nebraska there's a trans teen who wants to play HS basketball . . . hatrack May 7 #23

Yesterday, at the closest station to my rural Vermont village, gas was $4.50 democrank May 7 #25

The true price hike is actually much more according to Trump's promise. Norrrm May 7 #28

$6.24 for premium musette_sf May 7 #29

Just paid $6/gallon in SoCal. Had to top off the tank since I keep hearing that we LoisB May 7 #30

$4.45 here in VA, but this is early days. Do I hear $6.00? Anyone? Six dollars? Martin68 May 7 #31

$5.19.9 on the central Oregon coast. CanonRay May 8 #32