Marco Rubio has argued the US is in a “very fortunate” position as fuel prices continue to climb nationwide amid disruption sparked by the US-Israel war on Iran.
With average US fuel prices now approaching $4.50 a gallon – their highest level in four years – the US secretary of state was asked on Tuesday how long Americans should accept them at such levels.
Other countries were suffering “big time”, Rubio replied. The US was “very fortunate” as a net exporter of oil, which is not as reliant as other countries on oil from the Middle East, he said.
That’s all true, but besides my point.
Gas was expensive before, now it’s just completely bonkers. Rubio can celebrate that the US is “fortunate”, but that ignores the damage being done worldwide.
That said: the roads here are absolutely immaculate. Barely a pothole in sight, roads are so smooth you can rollerskate on them. I really think they could spend a bit less on road quality and still have some of the best roads in the world.
Definitely part of your point: he’s also fucking over his own constituents. We not only have record high (for us) gas prices but he can gaslight us that they’re cheap relative to the Netherlands because taxes for infrastructure and maintenance do not come close to covering infrastructure or maintenance.