[1rudeboy]

I don't think you understand. The numbers bear-out my experience. That's not to say that you live in an area where the numbers are different . . . I just find it odd that, for example, people on the internet try to convince me that my energy prices are up, when they are down . . . and my food prices are up much more than they really are. It just doesn't make sense.

[1rudeboy]

oops . . . I meant to say that you might live where the numbers are different.

[CodeToad]

“that my energy prices are up, when they are down”

You wouldn’t have posted this 1 month ago when gas prices were $3.89. They held there for about three years, and they are still higher than when Obama took office.

[marstegreg]

I just find it odd that, for example, people on the internet try to convince me that my energy prices are up, when they are down .

So your gas prices have not gone up? In December 2008 the price of gas was 1.65? Have gas prices doubled? Yes. At time have I paid triple that amount? Yes. We’re looking at 100-200% difference in cost. Are you trying to tell me this was factored in? (even where you live)

[JoeA]

Gas prices have gone from 2.75 to 3.29 in 3 years (gasbuddy.com). About 2 bucks a gallon in 2009, now 3.23 and up. Real world data, not Govt. cooked numbers.