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Cedar Valley Kum & Go to Offer $1.84 a Gallon Gas as Criticism of President Obama
A campaign event sponsored by the conservative group, Americans for Prosperity, will offer the gas at a low, low price for a limited number of vehicles on Tuesday.
Americans for Prosperity, a conservative political action group is hoping to bring sweet memories of lower gas prices back to the forefront of the presidential race.
Regardless of your political affiliation, it might be a good time to fill up on some cheap, subsidized gasoline.
According to the Des Moines Register, the Americans for Prosperity will be offering $1.84 a gallon gas (the price they say a gallon of gas was four years ago) as a criticism of President Barack Obama's policies as part of their "Obama's Failing Agenda" tour.
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Gasoline will be limited to the first 150 vehicles and each car will be limited to 15 gallons, said Mark Lucas, Iowa director for Americans for Prosperity, which was co-founded by wealthy political activists Charles and David Koch.
The idea is to highlight Obama’s “failing green energy policies,” and point out that the price of a gallon of gas was $1.84 a gallon four years ago, Lucas said.
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Kum & Go Gas Station at 117 East San Marnan Drive, Waterloo, will offer reduced gas from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday.
The Cedar Valley Tea Party will be volunteering to help pump gas for the Waterloo stop.
There will also be similar events in Ames and Corallville.
As for gas prices, you can see how they've progressed here on this chart from the Consumer Energy Report. After staying relatively stable between 1980-2000, gas prices have gone up under President Obama as part of a surge in gas prices that started under President George W. Bush.
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