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Article 1: Rising Gas Prices Give G.O.P. Issue to Attack Obama

The high cost of gas also causes many other prices to increase, such as those for food production and shipping, leading to a general rise in prices. Indeed, when gasoline is more expensive, it can hurt the entire economy, causing people to spend less money on nonessentials in order to pay for increasingly expensive yet necessary items. U.S. gas prices have climbed to record highs, significantly more than $4 a gallon in certain places. In summer 2008, prices hit record highs of more than $4 per gallon at some ...