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That was the minimum wage at the time. i was making $4.35 an hour. >> alisyn: wow! >> clayton: right? to make more money i worked very, very hard there. to make more money you have to move out to move up. so i left that job and got another job. rick burrman we had earlier on "fox & friends" said raising the minimum wage or forcing companies to raise the minimum wage won't work. land hurt business. listen. >> most people don't worry about the minimum wage. these folks feel the only way they will get the increases in fact push for higher wages, which unfortunately doesn't really work. the math d...

We go back to washington d.c. we have this fox business alert, gas prices are up at the pump. the national average for regular gas, just a gallon, $3.92, that's up a penny today from yesterday, and as you know, every penny matters, doesn't it? more than 30 cents higher than a year ago, our gas prices are, and it could potentially get much worse. gasbuddy.com is revising its forecast saying gas could go way over the $4 mark. you know, the record is $4.11 on a national average basis. peter barnes knows all these numbers well, he joins us there washington with more. peter? >> reporter: hey, jenna...

4.35. lower prices are luring mesh drivers in border states to head south to fill up tanks despite the travel warnings from the u.s. state department relating to cartel violence in mexico. >> i okay with a lot of people who do go across the border for gas and other stuff. they are ring risking their lives. >> reporter: analysts say in addition to the danger the quality of gasoline in mexico is not as a good what you get here in america. in fact you could void your car's warranty just for filling up there. >> american standards are certainly different than mexican standards when it comes to gas...

Know. casey stegall is live in los angeles on the story, casey. >> yeah, desperate times call for desperate measures. the average here in california, are you ready? 4.35 a gallon. that is about 50 cents more than what folks are paying in other parts of the country. it is the second highest in america, find hawaii, and that is why some people, like in san diego, for example, they are going a few miles south to fill up their tanks because a gallon of unleaded regular in mexico, running about 2.91. why so cheap? welsh the mexican government regulates the price like in venezuela, to keep their eco...

But with many cities far higher and reaching all-time highs. $4.35 a gallon predicted in boston. $4.60 in that will that by memorial day. $4.70 in los angeles. $4.85 predicted for san francisco. and the highest in the lower 48, $4.95 a gallon in chicago. by memorial day. dr. soda delivers soft drinks and snack in this the los angeles area. increased gas prices now take a 15% to 20% bite out of the company's bottom line. >> every single day we get price increases from our suppliers. we cannot keep raising the prices day in and day out so we're absorbing quite a few of these hits that we're taki...