Gasoline Through my Lifetime
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Everywhere you go and whom ever you listen to you can hear the comment, "Gas is so high", "It has never been this high." Yes these statements are true. Yes gasoline is high and no the prices have never been as high as they are right now, but we as Americans have never been making as much money as we do. Take for instance minimum wage. The minimum wage rate in the 1980's was around $2.00; therefore paying a $1.27 for gas was very expensive. That $1.24 for the gas was almost an entire hours pay, today's minimum wage rate is $5.15 an hour which allows you to pay more for gas...