# There's something rotten in...well, everywhere **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-rotten-in-well-everywhere/1001712 "2024-05-17T18:40:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-rotten-in-well-everywhere/1001712/41 "2024-05-26T20:55:04Z")
This M&P forum. I was **NOT** _officially_ requesting a cite. Inflation happens. For a multitude of reasons. I’m not an economics expert. Can’t tell you why. What has happened in Bidens term of office is inextricably linked to the _mistakes and missteps_ of the previous administration. I know that much. This is not P&E. But I will say Trump was a disaster and I think he has caused a mind-shift in America that has made people angry, families have disintegrated, friendships have turned into hate filled acquaintances. I had a personal experience with it. So I know it happens. I blame Trump directly, for that. I do not want a contentious back and forth with you @rowrrbazzle . So we’ll stop it here. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-rotten-in-well-everywhere/1001712/42 "2024-05-26T20:56:27Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > Me too. And I remember that the greatest factor in that low price was that we were in a pandemic, and the demand for gasoline was actually pretty low when compared with the supply. > > And there was also COVID on Biden’s first day. Then why did the price jump? Are you suggesting that gas prices went up on the first day of Biden’s term? That’s not something I remember. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-rotten-in-well-everywhere/1001712/43 "2024-05-26T21:10:57Z")
Bat Masterson, gunfighter turned newspaper columnist (not an illogical career progression) died at his desk as he typed these words: “There are those who argue that everything breaks even in this old dump of a world of ours. I suppose these ginks who argue that way hold that because the rich man gets ice in the summer and the poor man gets it in the winter things are breaking even for both. Maybe so, but I’ll swear I can’t see it that way.” ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-rotten-in-well-everywhere/1001712/44 "2024-06-02T20:42:12Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > died at his desk as he typed these words So the truth will set you…six feet under? (Your post led me to look up the guy. Of course I’d heard of him, but I didn’t recall the details–what a life!) ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-rotten-in-well-everywhere/1001712/45 "2024-06-02T21:43:22Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > On Trump’s last day in office, I remember $2.80/gal. Perhaps you will be interested in this chart, where it shows that on Trump’s last day in offic gas prices were already rising fast: > **[Gas Prices Fall to an 18-Month Low – Oil Industry Update](https://wealthmd.net/2023/01/26/gas-prices-fall-to-an-18-month-low-oil-industry-update/)** > > Average gasoline prices have officially reached an 18-month low after extraordinary prices in 2022. The average price per gallon of regular gasoline across the U.S. stood at $3.09 at the end of 2022, which was… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-rotten-in-well-everywhere/1001712.md?page=2)