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Pain at the Pump

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    FBN’s Jeff Flock on how skyrocketing gas prices are affecting small businesses.

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At the pump no kidding gas prices have gone up for the last 33 straight they've come on -- appraised per gallon up thirteen cents.

Our consumers and businesses dealing with these rising prices.

Jeff Flock knows he's at the home base of Chicago's carriage cab that Jack I can't even imagine that he's got to hand laments.

Well you know -- cost about 300 plus dollars and by the way take a look at this would just got a car wash -- to camp.

Flash frozen that's what happens on a day when -- sixty degrees in Chicago but look at all these parked -- That's what happens when they said you pay 300 plus dollars.

For a -- rental for the day.

And you pay a hundred dollars maybe for gas now.

Tough to make money take a look at our Bob gasoline you may be look over the course of the past year and look at where it is now.

Doesn't get much higher -- or maybe it does Mark Zandi says it gets around four dollars.

The economy really starts -- -- some serious damage where is it best.

Well go west folks but don't go too far west start out in Billings Montana that's the lowest in -- -- all of the metro is now average well over three dollars a gallon for gasoline Santa Fe and Albuquerque.

Around 3283 -- nine -- -- it's cocaine 331.

In Washington.

California though is ground zero for -- bad is it gets well over four dollars in Santa Barbara LA Orange County San Diego.

That's -- worst and that tops now Chicago which had been up until more recently.

The worst and of course is just hasn't.

Negative impact on the economy in general because if you're spending that kind of money to put gas in your tank you're not spend it.

On the other things that you'd like to be spending and on and I don't think -- says it more than this picture.

And the Chicago carriage cab -- Can't afford to make money so you can't they can't afford a -- the -- you leave it parked.

Not -- -- cranky -- Jeff Flock I -- tell us this morning I think 370 lakeside gets -- thankful.

Still Jeff -- yeah you've got to break I now you should go get warm Jeff thank you.

I'm gonna crank it.

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