Beyond your tank: High gas prices have hidden costs for consumers

how about the hooker rates,did they go down,or a bag of marijuana did that go up? or a sun sentinel newspaper do they still have those?

But the Broward sheriffs is still oblivious to cost cutting. They gave the officers nice raises, and are not cutting back on the use of vehicles. They are charging a nominal fee for out of county take home vehicles, which does not cover the actual costs. Miramar just bought gas guzzling suvs, for their police. Most police depts. still are using Crown Vics, and Chargers, instead the more fuel efficient Impalas. As long as they can get away with burning up taxpayer money, they will.

Sad the average idiot needs an article like this to teach them widespread ramifications of gas prices skyrocketing.

good lord, while this non-stop bi-tching about gas prices ever stop? or will we hear about this every day forever. and will you forum cry babies whine about it forever

deal with it, its here to stay. some parts of europe pay $10 a gallon and they have paid $5 a gallon for years.

All this because of a freakin hanging chad.....

just so sick of the same posts over and over

blah...blah... take home cars...blah blah police pensions...blah blah can't afford gas..

the guys who complain the most are the ones that didnt amount to much and didnt have a whole lot of success, so they want to tear everyone else down.

I am sick and tired of all the whining about oil prices. You small minds have no idea how you hurt the environment with your cars and airconditioning. I don't care if you lose your job! We must care for the environment and stop all cars. Get used to $4-$8 a gallon gas, it's here to stay. I know we Democrats have done everything we can to block oil production, all gas production, import of these products, refining gas and make new taxes for global warming. Just shut your yap and pay up! We'll let Castro and Chavez pump oil within sight of Key West but we won't let the United States pump oil so Americans can have affordable gasoline. Don't you know what's good for you? Now shut up and listen to our minions in the media and VOTE OBAMA. OBEY OBAMA. AMERICA IS AN OBAMA NATION!

EnviroCat wrote:

I am sick and tired of all the whining about oil prices. You small minds have no idea how you hurt the environment with your cars and airconditioning. I don't care if you lose your job! We must care for the environment and stop all cars. Get used to $4-$8 a gallon gas, it's here to stay. I know we Democrats have done everything we can to block oil production, all gas production, import of these products, refining gas and make new taxes for global warming. Just shut your yap and pay up! We'll let Castro and Chavez pump oil within sight of Key West but we won't let the United States pump oil so Americans can have affordable gasoline. Don't you know what's good for you? Now shut up and listen to our minions in the media and VOTE OBAMA. OBEY OBAMA. AMERICA IS AN OBAMA NATION!

affordable gas? so now its costs $100 more a month to gas up your Datsun? I guess thats a lot when you make minimum wage. But hey, you just got a raise didnt u.

so sorry to disappoint you silly wabbit, but theres still plenty of us who can "afford gas"

vote for Obama wrote:

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affordable gas? so now its costs $100 more a month to gas up your Datsun? I guess thats a lot when you make minimum wage. But hey, you just got a raise didnt u.
so sorry to disappoint you silly wabbit, but theres still plenty of us who can "afford gas"

Wow what is your malfunction?

Don't know what you may have made all your money in... if in fact you are well off and not just some tard popping off to popp off.... but the raise in gas prices is affecting everything and will continue to.

If the avg. consumer can't stretch their dollars anymore, expendable income goes out the window and that affects business owners and the bottom line profits of business.

If you are in fact such a success you'd realiize that and wouldn't be showing such ignorance of this problem.

I think you're just some douche bag trying to play big man on a message board. Unfortunately for you, you're only making yourself look like an arse. Congrats

vote for Obama wrote:

just so sick of the same posts over and over
blah...blah... take home cars...blah blah police pensions...blah blah can't afford gas..
the guys who complain the most are the ones that didnt amount to much and didnt have a whole lot of success, so they want to tear everyone else down.

And you are whining and complaining about the whiners and complainers.

people who constantly complain are nothing more than a pain in the tuchas!!!!

I'm spending more time parked in Jerry's having a cheeseburger and fries and less time cruising the beach - except for maybe Saturday night...

vote for Obama wrote:

good lord, while this non-stop bi-tching about gas prices ever stop? or will we hear about this every day forever. and will you forum cry babies whine about it forever
deal with it, its here to stay. some parts of europe pay $10 a gallon and they have paid $5 a gallon for years.

Yeah, and they make more money than we do, and they get a months PAID vacation every year, and they get FREE healthcare if i got all of that ( which is subsidized by that 7-10 a gallon gas i wouldnt care either..all those taxes on fuel over there pays for those things, for OUR high fuel prices what do we get???????? NOTHING, so you cant compare apples with oranges and what they get for those prices. Now, with that said and all that out of the way...what does one have to do with the other, should I be happy because as you say...europe pays 10 a gallon in some places, thats supposed to make me feel good somehow because i "only" pay 5.00, spoken like a true liberal.

Park em

What a bunch of gouging going on from Publix all the way to your water bill. Fuel, fuel, fuel, so EVERYTHING goes up. How much you wanna bet if gas prices went down to $1/gallon, the Publix prices, the water bills, etc. will STAY outrageous. They're on the gouging bandwagon.

Make kids walk to school like we did.....Or ride a BIKE,Stop Police from driving home in squad cars and leaving their cars running 24/7,Get smaller BUSES,Cut the cities work week to 4 Days,Get FRUGAL..........PERIOD

I wonder why a carton of cigarettes still costs exactly the same as it did 3 years ago...

not to mention the fact that it cost billions to keep the 5th fleet deployed since the days of Reagan.

Macy's just laid off a third of our store's employees but I'm OK with that as long as we get Obama in office. My husband is a Firefighter and my father works for the city, so they just got a raise and we're doing great. We have to do something about Global Warming so it's just a small sacrifice for some people to loose their jobs. Plus, with so many fat people, eating a little less won't hurt either. I'm happy that Obama will be our next President - he's a great speaker and I even have a tape of his speaches I keep in my Explorer. If we all put windmills in our back yards, we'll be fine. Obama will raise taxes so you could even get a tax break to put one up. They are only about $50,000 for a small one and they will help save the enviroment.

IBelieve wrote:

All this because of a freakin hanging chad.....

Chad suffers from erectile dysfunction..