1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Let's talk about the other energy costs. Susie Wiles, the 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: chief of staff for Donald Trump, sounding the alarm on 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: gas prices. You don't think, Donald Trump, he acknowledged that 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: energy prices, especially gasoline, have risen as a result of 5 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: the conflict with Iran. So what was the number? 6 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 2: Okay, So we've been tracking this every day. 7 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 3: In the last twenty four hours, the average price for gas, 8 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 3: now this is statewide, and the entire state of Indiana 9 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 3: has gone up nine cents. It went from three eighteen 10 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 3: to three twenty seven. But this is the big thing 11 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 3: since a week ago, because a week ago the Iran 12 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 3: conflict hadn't started yet. A week ago, gas prices were 13 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 3: two eighty two on average in the state of Indiana. 14 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 3: Today they're three twenty seven's. That's a forty five percent 15 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 3: per gallon jumping gas prices in a week. 16 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 1: So we went from two eighty two to three twenty seven. 17 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 3: To three twenty seven. And this is going to continue 18 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 3: to be a problem. Just like we talked about with 19 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 3: our electric bills. Everybody has to pay this every single 20 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 3: time and every month, and in the case of gas prices, 21 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 3: usually most people fill up at least once a week, 22 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 3: if not more than that. That is a direct impact 23 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 3: to people in this country, and certainly people in the 24 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 3: state and the people like Trump are not gonna be 25 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 3: able to get away from that. 26 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 2: They're going to have to have an answer for it 27 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 2: at some point. 28 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: Recently, Donald Trump he said he's not overly worried about 29 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 1: the rising costs of gas for Americans. He said the 30 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: military operation is more important, and he said if they rise, 31 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: they rise. Also, he has ruled out tapping the Strategic 32 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 1: Petroleum Reserve for now. He says believes that the straight 33 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: up removes will remain open to shipping. 34 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 2: And on that I. 35 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 3: Will I will give Trump one hundred percent credit on that. 36 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 3: I agree with Trump. We should not use the strategic 37 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 3: oil reserves to just lower gas prices. Those are there 38 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 3: for other reasons, for you know, massive supply chokes. We 39 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 3: haven't quite seen that yet. A lot of other presidents 40 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 3: have opened up the petroleum reserves. 41 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 2: George W. 42 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 3: Bush did this, and Joe Biden famously did it just 43 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 3: because he felt, oh, gas prices are too high, Let's 44 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 3: open these up. Those are really there for times of crisis. 45 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 3: And so I agree with Trump on that that we 46 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 3: shouldn't be opening those up at least right now. 47 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,079 Speaker 1: It is being reported by Newsmax that behind the scenes, 48 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: the White House advisors, including the Chief of Staff Susie 49 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 1: Wiles and other energy officials possibly right they are brainstorming 50 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: ways to lower fuel prices and to ease the burden 51 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,119 Speaker 1: on us, the consumers, and some of the ideas under 52 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: discussion reportedly include a temporary gas tax holiday or other 53 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: measures to tamper down the price. 54 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 3: Hey absolate, right, that'd be wonderful if if that's what 55 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 3: they want to do. I'll take any relief we can 56 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 3: get from any sort of tax that we have. But 57 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 3: the way this affects us every single day. We talked 58 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 3: about this earlier in the week. Look around whatever room 59 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 3: you're sitting in right now, or if you're in your car, 60 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 3: look around your car. Everything that you can see, at 61 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 3: some point in time in its life was on a truck, 62 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,119 Speaker 3: and that truck needed diesel fuel. And so that's why 63 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 3: gas prices are such a big deal and so important. 64 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 3: By the way, almost everything you see is made with 65 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 3: petroleum products. I'm looking this is like a for mica 66 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 3: counter here that's obviously got petroleum products in it. I'm 67 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 3: looking at some cables and wiring here where the shielding 68 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 3: on the outside has petroleum products in it. 69 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,839 Speaker 2: It is such an integrated part of our daily life. 70 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:13,920 Speaker 3: And by the way, oil prices, you know, when the 71 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,320 Speaker 3: Ran incursion first happened, people were. 72 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 2: Like, oh, maybe this won't be so bad. We took 73 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 2: out the ayatolas, maybe this will be really quick. 74 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 3: And then in the last few days we have seen 75 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 3: prices spike. Oil prices are up fifteen or I'm sorry, 76 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 3: up twenty five percent in the last five days alone. 77 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: So you've got the White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, 78 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: and also other people within the Energy Department discussing ways 79 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: to lower the price of gas. Governor Mike Prod, Governor 80 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:46,119 Speaker 1: Mike Brod, he can do a temporary gas tax. 81 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 3: Which would be huge, massively beneficial to us here in 82 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 3: Indiana since we have governor, since we have one of 83 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 3: the highest gas taxes in the entire state. Casey, when 84 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 3: you drove into the radio station this morning, did you 85 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 3: feel like the high gas tax that we pay in 86 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 3: the state was worth it because of how great our 87 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 3: roads are? 88 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: Oh? My god, tenth Street. We were talking about that 89 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: Tenth Street right in front of the I mean you 90 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: like driving front of these billion dollar hospitals and the 91 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: roads in front are a disaster. 92 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, we were coming from the from the west Side 93 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 3: into downtown Indianapolis today, intends. 94 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 1: I kept apologizing to you every pothole and I'm sorry. 95 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: I paid my taxes. I don't know why the roads 96 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 1: are this this awful, and I did my part. 97 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 2: And I think that is what's doubly frustrating about this. 98 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 3: It's one thing to sit here and say, Okay, you 99 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 3: got one of the highest gas taxes in the entire country, 100 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 3: but look at these beautifully paved roads that we've got here. No, 101 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:40,039 Speaker 3: we're getting stuck on both ends. We're paying high gas 102 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 3: taxes and our roads are a disaster. 103 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:44,559 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're listening to Casey and Jim. It is ninety 104 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: three WYBC.