An ancient Chinese curse reportedly goes: "May you live in interesting times."
Closely related to it is the even more devastating oath: "May you live in the stupidest times imaginable."
A group of Congressional Democrats is proposing a new form of stimulus payments that would help Americans struggling with soaring gas prices.
Reps. Mike Thompson, D-California, John Larson, D-Connecticut, and Lauren Underwood, D-Illinois, have introduced the Gas Rebate Act of 2022. The bill proposed sending Americans an "energy rebate" or $100 per month with an additional $100 per dependent for the rest of 2022 in any month where the national average gas price exceeds $4 a gallon.
At about this point, already suffering under the crushing weight of inflation and high gas prices (and witnessing a bunch of politicians getting ready to do the exact same thing that helped us get to this in the first place), you just feel like begging them:
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Heck, if they're going to do $100 a month, why not do $500? Then we could at least get some extra snack-size Pringles tubes and Nutrageous bars at the gas station while we're at it.
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Heck, before this is over it'll probably be cheaper to just fuel your car with the Pringles! Thanks, Congress!
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