Instant gratification occurs in few places…this was never going to be one of them.
With people rightly fuming at the pump over record-high gas prices, President Joe Biden recently announced his latest plan for fighting inflation, including elevated prices at the pump. But after months of failed promises that his administration’s actions would yield lower gas prices, he admitted that “we’re not going to be able to click a switch” and “bring down the cost of gasoline.”
After months of claiming his administration’s actions would result in lower prices at the pump, the president now seems to accept his inability to do so — at least without antagonizing the political base that cheered his campaign promise to get rid of fossils fuels. After releasing his inflation plan, he admitted that “the idea we’re going to be able to, you know, click a switch, bring down the cost of gasoline, is not likely in the near term.” That’s an abrupt reversal for a president who a few months ago said he had a plan to “ease the pain that families are feeling right now” at the pump.
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