Consider the amount of oil and gas products used by the U.S. military over the past 8 years, and its impact on prices. All subsidized by us, in taxes, long-term debt, and higher oil prices.
Higher gas prices are simply part of the war tax, a war fought to produce oil profits for the oil and gas refiners. Worked too, at least for one Dubai-based company:
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