Gas: AAA daily national average and Brown University's estimate of extra gas and diesel spending since the war began Feb. 28, 2026 (U.S. total, and per household across 131 million households), as of Oct. 1, 2026. $21.7B: U.S. military aid to Israel from Oct. 7, 2023 through Sept. 2025, the latest total from Brown's Costs of War project as of Oct. 2026 (separate from the Iran war).
You pay $4.36 a gallon now, up from $2.98 before the war in Iran. Diesel, which moves your groceries, jumped even more.
Billions of your tax dollars go to endless wars, and you never got a vote.
The Constitution gives Congress — the people you elect — the power to declare war. Make them use it.
Your paycheck and your gas budget should be made a priority, not wars overseas.
Every dollar of yours sent abroad should be public, audited and justified.
Your money shouldn't fund the U.S. playing world policeman and fighting endless wars.
A trip is any time you drive somewhere: work, school, the store, practice.
(miles ÷ mpg) × (AAA price − “no-war” price)
added up for each day since Feb. 28, 2026
The “no-war” price comes from Brown University's Iran War Energy Cost Tracker, which uses AAA, EIA and Census data. It's an estimate, not a receipt.
(today − Feb. 28) ÷ Feb. 28 × 100
(miles ÷ mpg) × 52 weeks × (today's AAA price − today's “no-war” price)
This assumes today's price gap holds for a full year. “Tanks of gas” divides that by the cost of a 15-gallon fill-up at today's price.
Here's how to back candidates who don't support the war and put Americans first.
See who on your ballot takes American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)-linked money and backs more war, then vote accordingly.
Get your friends together, pick a station near you, and talk to people at the pump before the midterms. Hand out our flyer and point them to the calculator.
AAFP doesn't endorse parties or candidates. We encourage you to vote your values. Track AIPAC is run by Citizens Against AIPAC and reports AIPAC PAC contributions and spending by affiliated groups using Federal Election Commission data. Check the numbers and decide for yourself. Vote411 is from the League of Women Voters. The vote links go to the official House Clerk and Senate sites.
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