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Price fuels family crisis

The big jump in gas prices is becoming too much for some families to pay for. Too many people are being forced not to drive and are being told to buy a more fuel-efficient car, but they cannot afford those cars. If they can’t afford gas how does the government expect them to pay for expensive fuel-efficient cars, which are also going up in prices while the big trucks are going down in price because people can’t afford the gas and just want them gone?

The gas prices are expected to be $5 a gallon. Most people can’t even afford the prices now. How are they to pay $5 a gallon? It’s not like they are going to get paid more as gas prices go up so they can afford it.

Soon enough, most people will not even be able to drive, and then they won’t show up for work because they don’t have transportation and end up getting fired from their job and on the street. Something needs to be done about these gas prices and fast.

Chrystal Gardner

Colbert

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