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Originally Posted by Augenbrauezug
For the average person, 600-800 dollars per year is a huge difference.
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yeah. And it's not just 600-800 in gas. It's the increased cost of everything. Local businesses in Seattle have already raised prices to account for their higher costs (Pagliacci Pizza for example raised the price of all it's pizzas by a dollar because their cheese costs went up).
So, now you have Jonny McSmallbiz raising prices, which hurts Joe the Plumber and causes him not to buy products and services, which causes Jonny to lay off employees. So really, in the aggregate, it's like a 4000-5000 difference in people's lives. If gas hits $5.00/gal like it's expected to, we could be in serious trouble.