we got a reminder that gas high are at a record. double what they were a little more than 1 1/2 years ago. and going still higher. i talked to a key oil analyst on fox business, which ifdown don t get you should demand because he had the bad news of imparting the fact that $5 gas is inevitable. for a dozen states in this country, indeed it is. $6 gas is the next stop after that. and then the best you could hope for is that that momentum slows. all of this happening the same day seven states across the country are having crucial primaries that could decide the table setting we ll have in november for this big mid-term election. at which times progressives will be on the defense and conservatives and republicans, they hope, that they ll be in the advantage. all of this occurring at the same time we had the corner of wall and broad racing ahead on the notion that even with the higher gas prices, optimism about retail sales and americans penchant to spend. target, for example, th
then you have the treasury secretary today basically throwing up her hands and saying there s not much we can do about this. that s the same thing with the commerce secretary that said it s out of our control. and then joe biden, the president. the day before said i can t flick a switch and turn this inflation offer. so you get a sense that this administration is like a little ship out in the high seas with the gale-force winds and not bobbing along with any kind of strategy. there doesn t seem to be any kind of switch in policy or any kind of plan to get us out of this high inflation. you got gasoline prices now at $4.85 a gallon nationwide. that is double what they were when trump walked out of office. those are huge increases. neil: maybe i think the strategy to wait it out. you talked about the president is talking about i can t turn off a switch. of course, a year ago if you