DemotedShade : gas is cheaper per mile than it has been since 1985.

DemotedShade : improvements in MPG not only offset the virtually non-existent long term inflation in gas prices, since the average American still basically drives the same miles per year, a higher MPG car actually further insulates people from price fluctuations at the pump. for 13k miles@28 MPG a $1 change in gas is a whole $30/mo

DemotedShade : gas has been floating around $3/gal since 2006. it trends at 4.1% unless there is a shock to the supply and demand balance.

DemotedShade : Imagine how much it takes to redefine March 2020 as an economic success because was cheap. Cheap was a symptom of a shuttered economy, low demand and oversupply.
You are aware that prices tend to rise when the economy is expanding, and tend to fall in contractions right?

DemotedShade : Going from AAA to AA+ is understating how untrustworthy America is under the current fiscal policy model. Would you invest in a business that has operated in the red for all but 4 years since 1981 and has no plans to change their business model? Would you loan to someone you know with this sort of financial history any money? Probably not if you want it back and especially not without a return.