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Showing Original Post only (View all)Well today I saw regular unleaded gas at $5 per gallon for the first time ever [View all]
while on my to grocery shop where I paid 30% more for the usual weekly items. This is insane. On top of that, my medical insurance went up $90/month. While these cost may not affect the affluent very much, the rest of America has to be freaking out. The rich are getting richer while the rest of us get the finger.
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Well today I saw regular unleaded gas at $5 per gallon for the first time ever [View all]
BeneteauBum
Thursday
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$4.13 on the Texas Coast and tell me again why I have to help pay for a $1 billion ballroom..
surfered
Thursday
#1
I recall when gas first went above $1 per gallon, no one had pumps that could display that.
ToxMarz
Thursday
#18
Long, long ago I would walk to the station down the street and pay 25 cents for a gallon to mow the lawn.
state of stupid
Thursday
#24
A trucker today on MS NOW showed his fuel receipt for more than $600. nt
allegorical oracle
Thursday
#13
They are going to bleed us dry.... as the stockholders of Chevron, etc. make BILLIONS
Teacher of the Year
Thursday
#27
But just remember - somewhere in central Nebraska there's a trans teen who wants to play HS basketball . . .
hatrack
Thursday
#23
Just paid $6/gallon in SoCal. Had to top off the tank since I keep hearing that we
LoisB
Thursday
#30
$4.45 here in VA, but this is early days. Do I hear $6.00? Anyone? Six dollars?
Martin68
Thursday
#31