Record-Setting Gas Prices Are Squeezing U.S. consumers. –reported by NPR (National Public Radio)

Gas prices remain high – with no end in sight. NPR takes a look at how peiple across the country are coping with the gas crunch, the factors behind skyrocketing oil prices, what’s being done to bring them back to earth and cost-cutting strategies to emply in the meantime.

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According to the Dept. of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, car ownership costs are the second largest household expense in the U.S. In fact, the average household spends more on their cars than they do on food and health care combined for their entire family.

* Housing - 32.9%
* Transportation - 19.1%
* Food - 13.1%
* Insurance/Pensions - 9.9%
* Healthcare - 5.9%