If the activation of the New Hampshire National Guard was not enough to get Granite Staters off their couch and pay attention to the Iran conflict, then I am sure the changes in gas prices will.
While the conflict in Iran carries on, people in the United States are seeing the price of gas skyrocket. The war seems to have been started for all sorts of reasons, but the most important one and the one that will affect us the quickest is oil. Not only are we going after the oil in other countries, but that process is both in terms of spending and in terms of collection issues, going to end up costing Americans more.
The American Automobile Association (AAA) reports that the average price of regular gas a month ago was $2.85 per gallon. Now, after some conflict with Iran, the average has significantly risen to $3.70 per gallon. In just a month of raining terror covered in red, white and blue, there has been a huge change to what Granite Staters are paying at the pump.
That is just in New Hampshire, too, where gas is not exactly a hot commodity that people are always stressed about. The averages from this week in New Hampshire are fairly good compared to the prices across the nation before the conflict began to affect prices.
For the president, this is just two of his false promises coming back to haunt him. There was the promise of no new wars and America first, along with the simple promise of making things cheaper, especially at the pump. Now that he has gone against the new war promise and is seemingly going to continue to bomb Iran until Israel is happy, then that other promise of keeping gas cheap will continue to fall through.
There will be further blockades and further attempts to hurt the American economy, and at this point, I would be remiss to call them anything but self-inflicted actions here. We got ourselves into this war and WE are paying the consequences, like we are literally paying for gas right now. If New Hampshire, either at the civilian or at the legislative level, cannot step up and try to at least help its own people when it comes to paying at the pump, then we will sink into the flow of every other state with extreme gas prices.
Gas prices change all the time, and even without conflict can rise for other reasons, but if you are American I would invite you to be hypercritical of the recent set of changes and fluctuations. By the president failing to deliver on what was promised, Granite Staters now have to empty their pockets for a quick fill-up. It was not a problem in a distant country, or something that turned out to be the right move that was affecting gas prices. It is the complete lack of understanding of America’s needs and the immaturity of the president that has left not only Granite Staters, but all Americans out to dry.
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