Gas prices skyrocket across the Chattahoochee Valley

Local gas prices are rising to an obscene level across the Chattahoochee Valley. The neighborhood Walmart on Manchester Expressway in Columbus is one of the most competitive places to get fuel, and the cost has jumped more than .20 cents a gallon in 48 hours to 3.82 for unleaded gas. The Circle K on Airport Thruway was charging $4.19 a gallon on Monday. Diesel fuel costs more than $6.00 per gallon marking an all-time record high for the entire nation.

Experts and those who work in the trucking industry have warned the fuel prices will be passed on to consumers at the grocery store as the cost to transport things like produce continue to rise.

Lawmakers are reacting to the gas prices which continue to catapult across the country. South Carolina Congressman Russell Fry announced on social media that he was moving to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax for some relief. “High gas prices don’t just hit drivers. They hit American families, farmers, ranchers, foresters, truckers, and small businesses—and drive-up costs across our economy. Temporarily suspending the gas tax will give Americans some breathing room and put more money back in their pockets.”

Senator Elizabeth Warren put the blame for rising gas prices squarely on President Trump. “Trump’s war in Iran continues to drive up energy costs for American families. Average national gas prices are $4.15 per gallon, nearly $1 more than last year and ‘the highest price ever for September.’ All this for a war he can’t even explain.”

Nearly two years into his term, President Trump is still blaming former President Joe Biden for the economy. “I hope everyone realizes that price increases throughout America were caused by Sleepy Joe Biden and the Biden Administration, not by ‘TRUMP’. Even Oil was higher under Biden than it is right now, and we prevented Iran from having a Nuclear Weapon! With the temporary exception of Oil, prices are coming down sharply, and Oil will drop like a rock as soon as the Military Conflict with Iran is over, and that will not be long,” the president shared on social media.