When Bush started up his deficit spending and shoved it into hyper-drive... ending with tarp... things started to go down hill and then reid and pelosi took over the checkbook... followed by the first communist muslim president... well the figures below tell the story. I have NEVER paid as much for gas as I am paying today and I have been buying gas since the mid sixties. My pay hasn't gone up in the last 5 years... but the price of everything that I buy has.
LLS
Jan 2000 25.22 -1.02 %
Feb 2000 27.63 9.56 %
Mar 2000 27.47 -0.58 %
Apr 2000 22.54 -17.95 %
May 2000 27.40 21.56 %
Jun 2000 29.68 8.32 %
Jul 2000 28.51 -3.94 %
Aug 2000 29.89 4.84 %
Sep 2000 32.62 9.13 %
Oct 2000 30.93 -5.18 %
Nov 2000 32.52 5.14 %
Dec 2000 25.28 -22.26 %
Jan 2001 25.64 1.42 %
Feb 2001 27.41 6.90 %
Mar 2001 24.40 -10.98 %
Apr 2001 25.55 4.71 %
May 2001 28.45 11.35 %
Jun 2001 27.72 -2.57 %
Jul 2001 24.54 -11.47 %
Aug 2001 25.67 4.60 %
Sep 2001 25.54 -0.51 %
Oct 2001 20.48 -19.81 %
Nov 2001 18.94 -7.52 %
Dec 2001 18.60 -1.80 %
Jan 2002 19.48 4.73 %
Feb 2002 20.29 4.16 %
Mar 2002 23.69 16.76 %
Apr 2002 25.65 8.27 %
May 2002 25.43 -0.86 %
Jun 2002 24.13 -5.11 %
Jul 2002 25.77 6.80 %
Aug 2002 26.63 3.34 %
Sep 2002 28.34 6.42 %
Oct 2002 27.55 -2.79 %
Nov 2002 24.50 -11.07 %
Dec 2002 28.52 16.41 %
Jan 2003 31.29 9.71 %
Feb 2003 32.65 4.35 %
Mar 2003 30.34 -7.08 %
Apr 2003 25.02 -17.53 %
May 2003 25.81 3.16 %
Jun 2003 27.55 6.74 %
Jul 2003 28.40 3.09 %
Aug 2003 29.83 5.04 %
Sep 2003 27.10 -9.15 %
Oct 2003 29.59 9.19 %
Nov 2003 28.77 -2.77 %
Dec 2003 29.88 3.86 %
Jan 2004 31.18 4.35 %
Feb 2004 30.87 -0.99 %
Mar 2004 33.80 9.49 %
Apr 2004 33.36 -1.30 %
May 2004 37.92 13.67 %
Jun 2004 35.19 -7.20 %
Jul 2004 38.37 9.04 %
Aug 2004 43.03 12.14 %
Sep 2004 43.38 0.81 %
Oct 2004 49.77 14.73 %
Nov 2004 43.05 -13.50 %
Dec 2004 39.65 -7.90 %
Jan 2005 44.28 11.68 %
Feb 2005 45.56 2.89 %
Mar 2005 53.08 16.51 %
Apr 2005 51.86 -2.30 %
May 2005 48.67 -6.15 %
Jun 2005 54.31 11.59 %
Jul 2005 57.58 6.02 %
Aug 2005 64.09 11.31 %
Sep 2005 62.98 -1.73 %
Oct 2005 58.52 -7.08 %
Nov 2005 55.53 -5.11 %
Dec 2005 56.75 2.20 %
Jan 2006 63.57 12.02 %
Feb 2006 59.92 -5.74 %
Mar 2006 62.25 3.89 %
Apr 2006 70.44 13.16 %
May 2006 70.19 -0.35 %
Jun 2006 68.86 -1.89 %
Jul 2006 73.90 7.32 %
Aug 2006 73.61 -0.39 %
Sep 2006 62.77 -14.73 %
Oct 2006 58.38 -6.99 %
Nov 2006 58.48 0.17 %
Dec 2006 62.31 6.55 %
Jan 2007 54.30 -12.86 %
Feb 2007 57.76 6.37 %
Mar 2007 62.14 7.58 %
Apr 2007 67.40 8.46 %
May 2007 67.48 0.12 %
Jun 2007 71.32 5.69 %
Jul 2007 77.20 8.24 %
Aug 2007 70.80 -8.29 %
Sep 2007 77.13 8.94 %
Oct 2007 83.04 7.66 %
Nov 2007 92.53 11.43 %
Dec 2007 91.45 -1.17 %
Jan 2008 91.92 0.51 %
Feb 2008 94.82 3.15 %
Mar 2008 103.28 8.92 %
Apr 2008 110.44 6.93 %
May 2008 123.94 12.22 %
Jun 2008 133.05 7.35 %
Jul 2008 133.90 0.64 %
Aug 2008 113.85 -14.97 %
Sep 2008 99.06 -12.99 %
Oct 2008 72.84 -26.47 %
Nov 2008 53.24 -26.91 %
Dec 2008 41.58 -21.90 %
Jan 2009 44.86 7.89 %
Feb 2009 43.24 -3.61 %
Mar 2009 46.84 8.33 %
Apr 2009 50.85 8.56 %
May 2009 57.94 13.94 %
Jun 2009 68.59 18.38 %
Jul 2009 64.92 -5.35 %
Aug 2009 72.50 11.68 %
Sep 2009 67.69 -6.63 %
Oct 2009 73.19 8.13 %
Nov 2009 77.04 5.26 %
Dec 2009 74.67 -3.08 %
Jan 2010 76.37 2.28 %
Feb 2010 74.31 -2.70 %
Mar 2010 79.27 6.67 %
Apr 2010 84.93 7.14 %
May 2010 76.25 -10.22 %
Jun 2010 74.84 -1.85 %
Jul 2010 74.74 -0.13 %
Aug 2010 76.69 2.61 %
Sep 2010 77.79 1.43 %
Oct 2010 82.92 6.59 %
Nov 2010 85.67 3.32 %
Dec 2010 91.80 7.16 %
Jan 2011 96.29 4.89 %
Feb 2011 103.96 7.97 %
Mar 2011 114.44 10.08 %
Apr 2011 123.15 7.61 %
May 2011 114.46 -7.06 %
Jun 2011 113.76 -0.61 %
Jul 2011 116.46 2.37 %
Aug 2011 110.08 -5.48 %
Sep 2011 110.88 0.73 %
Oct 2011 109.47 -1.27 %
Nov 2011 110.50 0.94 %
Dec 2011 107.97 -2.29 %
Jan 2012 110.99 2.80 %
Feb 2012 119.70 7.85 %
Mar 2012 124.93 4.37 %
Apr 2012 120.59 -3.47 %
May 2012 110.52 -8.35 %
Jun 2012 95.59 -13.51 %
Jul 2012 103.14 7.90 %
Aug 2012 113.34 9.89 %
In the US, the price of gas or the pain at the pump is relatively low. If you measure the price of gas versus average income our gas prices are low.
That is of course measured on average income and your income may be below average. I'm retired and my income is way below average but don't drive much plus I bought a 4 cyl 8 years ago because I knew gas would be going up. I'm one of those people who spend more money on auto insurance than I do on fuel.
Not only that but it’s practically impossible to buy 100% gasoline.
We are more or less forced to purchase the ethanol crap that passes for fuel nowadays.
Man.... don’t get me started.
I’ll be spooled up quicker than a turbo.