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I think the real core of this thread isn't simply about who is paying more, but just how much we're all getting bent over. Whether you're paying $0.50 a gallon, or $5.50 a gallon is irrelevant when you consider the fact that whatever you're paying today is possibly 40-50% more than you were paying 6 months to a year ago. I don't know about the rest of you, but my paycheck certainly hasn't increased 40-50% in the last year. To the average Joe-worker whose daily routine of driving back and forth to work now costs %50 more than it did not too long ago, that is a big problem.
Monday evening, the gas prices around here were $1.30/L. Tuesday morning they were $1.44/L. (That's about $0.53/gallon in 12 hours.) As of those prices, my monthly fuel bill will now be on par with my monthly car payment. I fully expect a liter of gas to cost well above $1.50 by mid-July when the summer holiday period starts. It used to be called "summer vacation".... now everyone's referring to it as their "summer staycation" because they can't afford to go anywhere.
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