29,077,848,741: Remember This Number If Democrats Wipe Out Republicans In November |
29,077,848,741: Remember This Number If Democrats Wipe Out Republicans In November
(Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP via Getty Images)
That eye-popping figure is the total consumer energy burden on Americans accrued since the start of Operation Epic Fury, according to an estimate from Brown University’s energy cost tracker, as of Thursday early afternoon.
$29.1 billion — and counting. As I am writing this, that number has changed. It’s now nearly $29.2 billion.
Across the board, gas, diesel, and jet fuel prices have surged. These price increases affect everything. It costs more to fill up your car, and it also costs more to truck food to the grocery store.
America is laden with so much debt that maybe our economy won’t be able to weather a major price shock. Maybe we are headed toward stagflation. A new Gallup poll found that over half of Americans........