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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First of all, you have to account for inflation:

http://www.consumerenergyreport.com/2012/02/27/how-high-have-gas-prices-risen-over-the-years/

The cost of living would be great if all prices stayed the same.  But they rise.

[b]Second of all, prices fluctuate, and were much higher before Obama took office (from BLS)[/b]  
													
Year	Jan	        Feb	          Mar	         Apr	        May	          Jun	        Jul	          Aug	          Sep	        Oct	       Nov	        Dec	
2002	1.139	1.130	1.241	1.407	1.421	1.404	1.412	1.423	1.422	1.449	1.448	1.394	
2003	1.473	1.641	1.748	1.659	1.542	1.514	1.524	1.628	1.728	1.603	1.535	1.494	
2004	1.592	1.672	1.766	1.833	2.009	2.041	1.939	1.898	1.891	2.029	2.010	1.882	
2005	1.823	1.918	2.065	2.283	2.216	2.176	2.316	2.506	2.927	2.785	2.343	2.186	
2006	2.315	2.310	2.401	2.757	2.947	2.917	2.999	2.985	2.589	2.272	2.241	2.334	
2007	2.274	2.285	2.592	2.860	3.130	3.052	2.961	2.782	2.789	2.793	3.069	3.020	
[b]2008	3.047	3.033	3.258	3.441	3.764	4.065	4.090	3.786	3.698	3.173[/b]	2.151	1.689	
2009	1.787	1.928	1.949	2.056	2.265	2.631	2.543	2.627	2.574	2.561	2.660	2.621	
2010	[b]2.731	2.659	2.780	2.858	2.869	2.736	2.736	2.745	2.704	2.795	2.852	2.985	
2011	3.091	3.167	3.546	3.816	3.933	3.702	3.654	3.630	3.612	3.468	3.423	3.278	
2012	3.399	3.572	3.868	3.927	3.792	3.552	3.451	3.707	3.856[/b]				
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I agree.  And those gas prices helped to tank the economy before.

For people living paycheck to paycheck and making around $50,000/family, paying an extra $200/month in gas/car for months on end is enough of a change to put the family budget in freefall.
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Imagine if we could somehow get their health care costs under control: 
http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/11/news/economy/healthcare_costs_family/index.htm  
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