hits home like gas prices. when they go up, everybody feels it. it's quite frankly like an extra tax on working families because it changes your household budget dramatically in a way that's hard to avoid if you commute to and from work. today's national average is just over three bucks a gallon, up from a month ago. look at a year ago. back then a smidge over two bucks a gallon. it's not just gas. do you want to rent a car? get ready to shell out more, a lot more. prices up a whopping 12% just since april. if that weren't bad enough, the price of bacon. bacon! also up, way up. up 13% from last may. the leverage average national average back in january of 2020. even milk has gone up. 1.7% from april. 4.6% from year ago.