[OneWingedShark]

To make matters worse, Senate lawmakers actually proposed legislation this week to raise the federal gas and diesel taxes by 12 cents per-gallon over the next two years.

Given the economic struggle of a lot of trucking companies a 12¢/ga. would probably kill everything except the big companies.

[bgill]

Every product one the face of the earth is shipped using gas along the way. That means the cost of everything will rise. Well, everything except paychecks and those will decrease in value.

Normally, I’m able to scrimp and save towards next year’s ever increasing property tax but the year is already half gone and I’ve not been able to save a dime. When property tax takes up 25% of our take home, it’s scary.