Rising Gas Prices Deliver Another Blow to Consumers

Will the average family have anything left to spend on extras?  For many, the return of the 2 percent payroll tax was enough of a setback.  Now, with gas topping $4 a gallon in some areas, consumers are scrambling to pay the pump…and the rest of their bills.

After 32 straight days of increases, gas prices could scuttle more than a household budget— they could sink the fragile economic recovery.

Read more at The Fiscal Times…