Gas Prices: What Would Jesus Pay?

"Many of my conservative Christian friends have been having a field day on social media lately with the rising cost of gasoline. Not surprisingly, they are using the inflation, particularly at the gas pumps, as an opportunity to point fingers at President Biden. I’ve tried to respectfully point out that, while there may well be things that Biden deserves criticism for, the price of gas really isn’t one of them. As you might expect, they don’t seem to want to hear that. But as my conservative Christian friends continue to build their straw man case against Biden for the price of gasoline, I went out into the interwebs and did some research. My findings were eye-opening. First, it seems that, as with most things, we don’t have it so bad here in the U.S. when we compare ourselves to the rest of the developed world. Secondly, when we look at the cold hard facts, we can easily see where we should really be pointing the finger of blame. My conservative Christian friends don’t want to hear about how Putin is to blame—even though his unprovoked war on Ukraine certainly was the immediate catalyst for the surging gas prices—and my research tends to steer me towards agreeing with them on that point…to an extent. However, my friends on the Right likely won’t like my findings about who to really blame any better than if I were to lay it all at the feet Putin".