Biden Economic Pick Said Gas Prices Were Too Damn…Low??

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When it comes to gas prices, there has been plenty to complain about since Old Joe Biden began his president act. There have also been numerous indications that aside from the alleged president’s fact-free boasting, the Biden regime actually likes high gas prices, as they help them push their green agenda. Another sign of the regime’s actual view of rising gas prices came when Old Joe tabbed Jared Bernstein to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. Like you and me, Bernstein has complained about gas prices. But unlike us, Bernstein thinks they’re too low.

The Washington Free Beacon reported Tuesday that Bernstein actually “lamented in 2015 that gas prices were ‘too damn low.’” This was at a time when gas cost $2.09 per gallon. Instead of celebrating the benefits that this low price brought to the American people, Bernstein wrung his hands about how bad this supposedly was because of (you guessed it) climate change: he “asserted that ‘seriously under-priced’ fuel costs had ‘scary’ consequences for the environment because they stoked demand for fossil fuels.” And this cold-blooded ideologue had a solution: add yet another tax to the already heavy tax burden the American people were carrying. Bernstein “suggested a gas tax hike, even as he acknowledged that low prices at the pump help working families.”

A pocket-picking authoritarian statist is, of course, just the sort of person the Biden regime wants running things, and so Bernstein “could soon have a prominent role in shaping Biden’s economic policy at a time when many Americans list high energy costs as one of their top concerns.” The Senate Banking Committee “will vote Thursday on Bernstein’s nomination. If confirmed, Bernstein will oversee the three-member council, which is tasked with advising the president on ‘economic policies that advance the interests of the American people.’” Gas prices were $3.61 last week. Does Bernstein still think they’re too low? After all, climate change is still going to kill us all at any minute, so the American people must be made to pony up some more dough and all get bicycles to save the planet, right?

Biden regime apparatchiks have revealed the game that is being played before. Back in March 2022, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded to skyrocketing gas prices by asserting airily that Americans could simply go electric: “Clean transportation can bring significant cost savings for the American people as well. Last month, we announced a $5 billion investment to build out a nationwide electric vehicle charging network so that people from rural to suburban to urban communities can all benefit from the gas savings of driving an EV.” And Pete wasn’t alone.

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