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What gas prices reveal about Obama's energy policies

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    A look at how costs have risen

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What we're -- unemployment rate -- in Michigan says look at gas prices under President Obama they've effectively doubled from a dollar eighty for a gallon.

Now they're selling gas for that same prize all it is -- the point.

About what they -- the president's failed energy policy Scott our concern is it a bit with the Michigan he is the Michigan director.

Of Americans for prosperity the group behind this -- a novel campaign it's not -- -- doing offering.

A set number people a chance to get gas at that price.

Again.

Yes actually it's that's -- -- Obama agenda and we use this to highlight to the public housing units within three and a half years when gas was a gallery for a gallon.

As the week President Obama took office and we want pres Obama to stop his failed policies.

And implement policies that will bring the price that aspect down and yes we had a -- number 150 and actually Sony people showed up.

That we raise the number to 250 and over course of few hours we were able to sell gas for dollar 84 in the Flint area well.

And they lined up for that she had so when they hear that that's what gas was when the president first took office.

-- -- -- -- They're very surprised you know people are lining up at 11 o'clock and then start giving -- cast till 230 and they are very a lot of -- -- -- -- -- so they could prove -- -- paid a dollar 84 for gas.

Do you find it interesting that the gas tank -- it well but it hasn't resonated to the degree many thought and one of my many crackpot -- Scott is that it's been this way for so long.

That's it's kind of like the pathetic economic numbers they -- and modeling and you know as long as they're not tumbling Americans are grateful liking -- case.

Yeah we're getting used to it we don't like it but we're getting used to it and that it's sort of numbing it and we've gotten used to being -- And.

Has become -- and if you look at the -- that from ten trillion to sixteen trillion unemployment over 8% reporting two straight months right here in Michigan unemployment -- nine point 4%.

I don't 1965 this year was ninth -- per capita income today were 36.

And people just become used to this new reality and that's what gas prices a dollar 84 we can get there again and that's the message.

We have the resources here in this country to be energy independent if only President Obama -- -- his failed policies adopt policies adopt.

The let's build the Keystone Pipeline let's drill let's drill we can be energy independence that is sending hundreds of billions of dollars over to countries that don't like us.

Scott thank you very very much it's a novel way to get people's attention on.

Meanwhile I -- prices are no I -- prices -- -- average.