Mexico Moves to Cut off Cheap Gas as Americans Cross Border to Escape Biden Price Hike – Opinion

This report might not reach the level of “Babylon Bee” satire, but it sure pegs the hell out of the needle on the irony meter. Mexico is unhappy with Americans who cross the border to get cheaper gas at Mexican stations, as the Biden Border crisis continues to worsen.

That statement alone is ironic on multiple levels, but it gets “better.”

As reported by Reuters on Saturday, the Mexican government has been subsidizing gasoline to soften price spikes,  but it has announced that the policy would be suspended in areas close to the U.S. border this week–citing shortages as more and more Americans hop over to fill their tanks.

According to Reuters, the suspension of the subsidy from April 2-8 covers cities in the border states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Sonora, and Baja California, including Tijuana, one of the world’s busiest border crossings. Mexico’s finance ministry said in a statement that the gasoline shortage in the area is due to “an imbalance between supply and demand.”

The gasoline price in the United States is higher than Mexico’s, so Americans travel across the border to get their fuel.

They are. Right, Joe?

Unsurprisingly, Chinese state media’s CGTN Global Business didn’t miss the Reuters report about the news, no doubt gleefully so, tweeting:

“Mexico will suspend gasoline subsidies in the U.S. border regions, citing shortages as there were increasing numbers of American drivers crossing borders to fill their tanks,” reported Reuters on Sunday.

It’s ironic. Straight-forward, factual information from the ChiComs about U.S. gasoline prices. One wonders what they think about the Buck-Passer-in-Chief’s silly claim that it’s all Vladimir Putin’s fault?

#MexicoWill be suspended #gasolineAccording to Reuters, subsidies were cut in U.S. border areas due to a shortage of drivers who crossed borders to refill their tanks. pic.twitter.com/S2uoLdBBCs

— CGTN Global Business (@CGTNGlobalBiz) April 3, 2022

In addition to blaming Everywhereone and everything but himself for run-away gas prices — as he does with every self-created mess — Biden announced on Thursday he plans to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for the next six months at a clip of one million barrels a day. As RedState reported, Biden’s “big news” might very well amount to little more than political expediency.

Moreover, given that Biden’s planned release is equal to just 1% of daily global production and 5% of U.S consumption, the net effect will likely be a drop in the proverbial bucket.

Biden’s real objective, of course, is convincing everyday Americans how much better off they’d be if they’d give up those gas guzzlers in favor of shiny new EVs — electric cars and other vehicles. We reported Friday that Mr. Clueless also spoke out about the financial savings of electric cars.

Electric vehicles of the future are available to us [so]The average driver will be able to save approximately $80 each month by not having pay [for]The pump pumps gas.

Only one problem.

Biden says you “will save about $80 a month from not having to pay gas at the pump”… if you buy an electric car..

This is so far from the truth.

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— Benny (@bennyjohnson) April 1, 2022

The problem that Joe and EV-hawking sidekick Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg continue to “forget” to mention is the average price of a new electric vehicle in February was $64,685, nearly 2.5 times the average price of a new compact car ($26,196) and almost twice the average cost of a new SUV ($33,732). If you check out the aforementioned RedState report, you’ll see that “the rest of the story” — Mathematical calculations — gets worse the longer car payments are made on an EV vs. a much-less-expensive traditional vehicle.

Not that Biden has become desperate, as gas prices have continued to skyrocket, but as we reported in mid-March, the White House reached out to 30 TikTok and influencers and told them to blame rising gas prices on Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, a demonstrable bald-faced lie.

On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. The gas prices started to climb in June 2020, and they have continued to increase ever since. While the Russia-Ukraine War may have driven gas prices to new heights, Biden lies by continuing to take zero responsibility for the twelve months prior to his invasion. Incidentally, the average price of gas when Donald Trump left office was $2.38 — not the $1.86 he continues to claim.

Let’s get to the bottom of it:

Feckless people make feckless decisions that lead to undesirable and tumultuous results. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is a D.C. career insider of 50 years who improbably rose up to the top office. Inarguably, his policies left America in a much worse place than it was before he arrived. This includes the high cost of energy, inflation overall, U.S. policy and, of course, illegal aliens continually crossing the border to the US. The majority of these people are arrested, processed and allowed to enter the country.

Nevertheless, Americans “fleeing” Biden’s America for MexicoLooking for affordable gas? MexicanTo counter the gas shortage threat, authorities will stop subsidizing. Americans are taking advantage of, brings an ironic smile to the face — if not a tear to the eye.