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THE PRICE OF GAS, well, for that matter, the price of everything will be the topic Republicans most want to discuss during the upcoming midterm campaign season. And, it goes without saying, this will be presented as the nation's greatest problem, of overwhelming importance, and completely the fault of Joe Biden and the Democrats. The president, we all know, does not determine the price of gas. The Republicans will conveniently ignore this reality. Inflation is the product of the pandemic. For more than two years global economic production has been far below normal, with many buisnesses and industries shut down due to lock downs, etc. Besides interrupted production, the supply chains have been damaged, as parts and products are not moving to where they need to be. Meanwhile, likewise stuck at home in lockdown and social seperation, millions of potential spenders and consumers have not been spending and consuming, but instead, allowing their bank accounts grow with government stimulus checks and unspent pay. Now, with the pandemic having receded somewhat - for how long remains unknown - people are starting to come back out and shop. Aggregate demand, the total number of people wanting to buy gods and services, is increasing and swelling, driving up prices. Its that simple. It not Biden, its not the Democrats, its the pandemic. If anything, its the Republican philosophy of downplaying the pandemic and not taking serious measures against it which exacerbated its severity and subsequent econommic disruptions. You wonder about all those MAGA Trump political rallies all through 2020 and 2021, thousands of unvaccinated people not wearing masks, spreading death and disease...For their part, Democrats might wish to remind America what a conservative Republican government might look like. All abortion proceedures criminalized, punishable by imprisonment. An education system which ignore and marginalizes minorities, gays, and transgenders by refusing to teach the truth about race in American history and culture, and refuses to teach the truth about gay people, the truth being that once you get past all the moral and religious mumbo jumbo, they are surprising like the rest of us? Are you ready to abandon all effort tto fight and reverse climate change, as every summer gets hotter and unbearably hotter? Fine. Vote Republican. The summer of 2022 is the first truly obvious climate change summer in history. Every ensuing summer is simply going to be worse. We are heading towards one hundred degree summers, one hundred degrees every day, for months on end. Do we really want climate change deniers in power?