I second Jim regarding it depends on how much you drive. Gas price hike seems huge to me but I fill up the tank twice a week. The increase adds up pretty fast in my monthly total on my gas expense.
Gas was somewhat pretty cheap before. Now the differences in minimum wage pay and the price of gas per gallon is much smaller than it used to be. I cannot imagine how those who earn minimum wage must feel. For teenagers, I suppose that a big chunk of money goes to gas than to actually do something with like movies, or purchasing things and friends expenses. Even babysitting jobs that requires you to drive to the work location, the cost per hour to babysit must be higher than the gas price it takes for you to get there and back home.
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