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There are definitely a few problems, but other things are just misinformation.
For instance your $20 a day isnt quite accurate.
25 miles + 25 miles + 10 miles = 60 miles
Taking a decent mpg of 17 that means that 60 miles = 3.52 gallons.
3.52 gallons * $3.50 (Premium 93 gas in NY) = $12.35
Not the smallest sum of money but at the same time its 38% lower than what you estimated.
Take into account that in NY the subway costs $2 per ride, one trip to work and back is $4 a day. If you count your kids commuting that aren't subsidized thats another $4, so thats $8 a day. So $12.35 isn't that much more than $8.
If anything you should look at the rise in oil prices and wonder to yourself, has the cost of anything risen so much but had so LITTLE impact before?
Think about it, we are all paying 3x more for gas, and personally it hasnt affected me in my daily life drastically. The only other time this occured was with the oil crisis, but there it wasnt even just the high prices, but the fact that there was an actual oil shortage which created massive issues.
Now everyone is paying 3x more for a large portion of their daily oil needs and yet there havent been huge ramifications yet.
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