chipmunk family reunion. someone stole the nuts. squirrel jail. justice! countless discounts. now that s progressive. call or click today. to politics now, the politics of gas prices. a senate committee hearing is digging into that. gas prices went up a penny overnight bringing the national average to $3.92. newt gingrich catching flack on the campaign trail yesterday confronted by a georgetown graduate that worked as a janitor in his high school. back in high school, i was a janitor at my own high school, which was a private school. for me, it was embarrassing to be a janitor at my own high school. because i was with other rich kids. i was poor. my mom was working super hard. i did not feel empowered by
position of a chief executive officer. you re running a major global corporation, american company. where are you going to expand? where are you going to hire people? the answer is you re probably going to look first overseas because that s where the growth is. that s where the people would say that s where cheaper labor is. that s also true. without unions. that s also true. if you re running a small business in america, what are you going to do? are you going to hire more people, facing obama care and all the increased costs that will add to you. there s all kinds of reasons why companies large and small are not hiring new people. and we have a malaise on the jobs front which is seriously hurting our recovery. it s going to be a big problem for president obama come 2012. at 20 minutes after the hour at 9:00, we ll be seeing varney & company at the fox business network. the gas price decline continues. it s a week old and we re down another $0.02. $3.92 now. i predicted
large degree, a political side show. the master of masking the under lying issue of high gas prices. the democrats oppose the oil industry at every turn. they want to get rid of these tax breaks for the oil companies. they are diverting blame for high gas prices. the republicans will introduce a bill to increase the amount of drilling that we do. either way there will be no immediate impact on the price of gas. the facts is, alisyn, the price of gasoline is failing in and of itself without any political or government across at all. the price of gas, regular gas is down to $3.92, it s been falling for a week because of changes in the value of the dollar, much less demand for gasoline and because it s more expensive and difficult to speculate in the oil market. political side show, gas is failing by itself.
along the border with mexico. state lawmakers want to ask for public donations online. if they do get enough money here, construction could begin this year. planning a launching a massive marketing campaign. you may want to ask for online donation it is you live in new hampshire. when it comes to gas prices, no state law against gouging. meaning the state cannot take legal action against dealers who inflate their prices. the average price for regular unleaded is $3.92 gallon. lower than the national average. at a time when most people are cutting costs because of gas prices, mcdonald s going from clown to classy. they are spending dlargs 1 billion to makeover the interiors of approximately 14,000 restaurants. good-bye plastic red and yellow tables. hello wood, faux leather and more muted color scheme. it is not a juicy burger but hear s something to sink your teeth into. alligator wrestling class. not in the florida everglades but in colorado. the animals are real and
may not be a whole lot better. the average nationwide price of se self-serve gas has topped $3.50. it s risen at a break-neck pace. almost 34 senlts in two weeks according to aaa. that s the fastest, highest increase since right after hurricane katrina. if this rate keeps up, not that it necessarily will, we will set a new record for the price of gasoline inside of a month from now. the highest average gas price to date is $4.11. you can see it there in the middle of the charge. $4.11, that was july of 2008. remember, averages are made from extremes, which means that the $3.51 average looks pretty good right now to our friends in san diego. they re looking at about $3.92 a gallon. seattle is $3.65, $3.71 in chicago, houston $3.38, $3.47 in boston, $3.41 in atlanta.