The price of crude oil has reached a record high. Some people are expected
to feel this blow harder than others. Kyle Norris has more:
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The price of crude oil has reached a record high. Some people are expected
to feel this blow harder than others. Kyle Norris has more:
A barrel of crude oil costs a record one hundred dollars. Everyone is feeling
the results of this rise at the gas pump. But researchers say it’s hitting some
people especially hard.
Nancy Cain is a spokesperson with AAA:
“Who it really hurts is really the quote-unquote working poor. The people that
really are working jobs just making it, getting by, week to week. They’re
spending more and more of their money and they have less available cash
than some other people do.”
She says that rising gas prices link to rising grocery costs. Which also have
serious consequences for the working poor.
For the Environment Report, this is Kyle Norris.