MC, you still read a newspaper??? Actually, that's my morning ritual as well.

I thought about what I wrote the other day. Where I live, housing is high, so there are many un- and semi-skilled workers who commute in from an adjoining county 30-60 minutes further north where it's cheaper to live. Let's say those workers have to fill up twice a week, and let's guess that they make $10 per hour. That means that they are spending 30% of their weekly pay (and that's pre-tax, no less) on gas alone.