Define hurting. My English in-laws pay twice as much for everything (i.e.seven dollars for a gallon of gas), and they live nice. And they don't complain.
Re: My English in-laws pay twice as much for everything (i.e.seven dollars for a gallon of gas),
Most Europeans do not have an hour or two commute either, so the gas price hike doesn’t affect them as much as it does here.