Mar
20
2022
The cartoon shows a gas station owner on a porch chair admitting he raised prices on everything since the pandemic and Putin's war began, yet notes that people blame President Biden. His companion calls him a bandit for the profiteering. The scene at Merle's eat here git gas includes a sleeping dog and partial gas pump. It responds to early 2022 inflation spikes and the Russia-Ukraine conflict that began in February. The visual ties rising costs directly to the invasion and pandemic disruptions rather than solely to administration policy.
