American Gas Gouge
High prices hurt.
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According to U.S. government estimates, gas prices in the U.S. will average $3.21 per gallon this year—a 14.5 percent increase over last year. And a strong majority (63 percent) of Americans recently told Gallup that gasoline price increases are causing financial hardship for them and their households. Of these, 19 percent describe the hardship as "severe." Source: Gallup/USA Today, March 2008.