Author: Rhys Kennedy
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Did the 9% inflation peak have anything to do with COVID?
Yes — overwhelmingly. The 2022 inflation peak was the most directly pandemic-linked macroeconomic event in modern U.S. history. The honest answer involves several overlapping causes, but you can’t tell the story without COVID at the center of it. What happened CPI peaked at 9.1% YoY in June 2022, the highest since 1981. The buildup started…
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Do liberal states tax fuel more heavily than conservative states?
Short answer: not really a clean “liberal = high, conservative = low” pattern. It’s messier than that. Let me get current numbers. Searched the web Searched the web Here’s the breakdown. The numbers don’t sort cleanly along partisan lines. The data Top 10 highest state gas taxes (cents per gallon, as of Jan 1, 2026):…