Gas prices are $6 a gallon in Florida, says Ron Paul

Politfact, 22 February, 2012

There’s no doubt gas prices in Florida have been on the rise -- but have they really hit $6 a gallon?

That was the surprising claim from Ron Paul at the Republican presidential debate in Arizona on Feb. 22, 2012.

It started with CNN moderator John King asking candidates what should be done about Syria.

Paul, a congressman from Texas, was making a point about the downside of U.S. intervention in foreign countries, which led to an aside about gas prices.

"You know, I've tried the moral argument. I've tried the constitutional argument on these issues. And they don't go so well. But there's an economic argument, as well," Paul said.

"As a matter of fact, al-Qaida has had a plan to bog us down in the Middle East and bankrupt this country. That's exactly what they're doing. We've spent $4 trillion of debt in the last 10 years being bogged down in the Middle East. The neoconservatives who now want us to be in Syria, want us to go to Iran, have another war, and we don't have the money -- today gasoline hit $6 a gallon in Florida -- and we don't have the money."

International geopolitics is one thing, but $6 gas hits close to home. So we decided to check it out.

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The above above article went on to refute Ron Paul, but I found confirmation

Florida Drivers Shelling Out Nearly $6 A Gallon At Some Gas Stations

Talk about pain at the pump! Some Florida drivers are spending nearly $6 a gallon to fill up their gas tanks.

According to GasBuddy.com, motorists are shelling out $5.89 for a gallon of regular gas at a Shell station in Lake Buena Vista, topping out at $5.99 a gallon for premium. It doesn’t get better at a Suncoast Energy station in Orlando, where drivers are paying $5.79 for a gallon of regular.

“Prices over in the Disney World area are much higher than any other place in Florida,” Jessica Brady, AAA spokeswoman, told CBS Tampa, adding that people regularly complain about gas prices in that area.

The Sunshine State is opening up its wallet, paying an average of $3.67 a gallon of unleaded gas, 12 cents more than the national average. And it’s only expected to go up.

“It doesn’t look like we will have relief at the pump anytime soon,” Brady told CBS Tampa. “I do think we will see prices surpass $4 a gallon. I think we will see that closer to spring time.”

http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2012/02/22/florida-drivers-shelling-out-nearly-6-a-gallon-at-some-gas-stations/

Drivers in Florida  are paying $5.89 a gallon in Lake Buena Vista and  $5.79 in Orlando — and not because of speculators, despite what Pelosi might have you believe.

http://markets.financialcontent.com/pennwell.ogj/news/read/20713368/%246_gas_prices_are_already_here..