Gas Prices
One major problem I would love to fix would be the gas prices. Transportation is a necessity for almost all Americans. It is unbelievable that this country is able to pump millions of dollars out for new technology for war but is able to give no relief with the gas prices.
If gas was affordable the economy would be in a much better position. People are paying about eighty dollars every week on average to pay for gas. Even though the price of the dollar is falling people would definitely be able to use this money at the end of the month for their car payment. The amount of people on vacation has dropped about 19 percent which is a pretty big number. Prices for airline tickets have also increased highly as well, and there is no substitute that will save gas on trips to other countries.
Gas since 2002 has risen from 1.32 cents to almost triple that in just the last six years. From the time my parents where born and the year 2002 gas only went up about a dollar. Our......
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