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All those pundits and politicians on @cnn @msnbc @business @abcnews @NBCNews @CBSNews @cnbc screaming about the high cost of gasoline need to look at this chart. This inflation-adjusted #gasprices data from the Bureau of Labor Stats shows gas prices are in fact at 50-year lows: 
And because people want to be sure data sources are accurate, here's another inflation-adjusted, real-and-nominal #gasprices chart from the EIA. Again, today we are nowhere near the real-price peaks under Reagan, GWB, and Obama:
Even with #gasprices flat in real terms, they would be even lower if not for states having to increase #gastaxes to pay for federal mandates whose funding was gutted by TFG's tax cuts for the rich, per non-partisan @CenterOnBudget. Chart courtesy of @TaxFoundation and the API.
