MuskyMelon@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 13 hours agoSenator can't mathlemmy.worldimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1313arrow-down116
arrow-up1297arrow-down1imageSenator can't mathlemmy.worldMuskyMelon@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 13 hours agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·edit-218 minutes agoBut his math is correct? ¢25 in 1953, 72 years ago, is $3.03 when adjusted for inflation according to US Inflation Calculator. And the current gas price is $2.4 per gallon in Iowa where he is from. (Not sure where he went to college but whatever.) It’s ¢60 cheaper per gallon now, when adjusted for inflation. If he’s right about the price he paid, he’s also right about it being cheaper now. Surely Trump didn’t help during all these 72 years but the math is correct, even if the logic is flawed.
minus-squareMojoMcJojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·4 hours agoIt sure as hell ain’t $2.4 a gallon here.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-217 minutes agoWelp, you gotta compare apples to apples. I added the detail about the gas price in Iowa, where this senator is from. Not sure if he went to college there but meh.
But his math is correct?
¢25 in 1953, 72 years ago, is $3.03 when adjusted for inflation according to US Inflation Calculator.
And the current gas price is $2.4 per gallon in Iowa where he is from. (Not sure where he went to college but whatever.)
It’s ¢60 cheaper per gallon now, when adjusted for inflation.
If he’s right about the price he paid, he’s also right about it being cheaper now.
Surely Trump didn’t help during all these 72 years but the math is correct, even if the logic is flawed.
It sure as hell ain’t $2.4 a gallon here.
Welp, you gotta compare apples to apples.
I added the detail about the gas price in Iowa, where this senator is from. Not sure if he went to college there but meh.