Always try to remind people similar things. Had my first job in highschool during the 2006/7 inflation. Making 8.25/hr when gas was 4.25+ after cash discount.

When it was around $4/gallon recently I told people to just fuck right off, since I was making at least 3x what I was 18/20 years ago. Still a bit ass since “18/20 years ago” makes me a mid-age adult now. Got them bigger bills. At least gas prices have slowed down.

And republican states who turned down federal funding towards the ACA claimed that the options were so expensive because the ACA was just that bad. Will “states’ rights” ever not be used in cowardice for major talking points?