a lot higher. that s like a tax on you. look at prices of gas. in july of 2008, gas prices were amongst their highest of $4.11 a gallon. now it s at $2.22. so if you re a big commuter, this is a big saving for you. that s part of what you re looking at, as well. none of this has anything to do with the president, it s just how you feel. fascinating with the job growth. really interesting numbers, thank you for that. bill, now it explains why ali was bouncing into work at 3:00 a.m. jobs report. now good to know. we need to bring the tranquillizers in the first friday of every month. weather, what do we have? everything is a-okay. the election forecast is looking about as good and as warm as we ve had on an election day. temperatures on tuesday in the 60s in the great lakes, wisconsin looks fantastic, virginia, north carolina, all of the northeast. i mean, we re in this amazingly warm and unusual weather pattern. as we head down into the south, swing state of florida looks good
so the two blue peaks are where government has had to pump in unrestricted dollars to keep the highway trust fund solvent. you have two senators corken and murphy have come together to proposal raising the gas tax to use that money for fix up our infrastructure, something else we have talked about on this show, so there is dialogue. will it happen? probably not. it s the most sensible thing in the world. gas prices come down this far and the average household saved $750 a year from this drop in gas prices. our infrastructure is desperately in need. you can fix the infrastructure and return some of the money to lowest income people who pay the highest share of their incomes for gasoline. you don t think it will happen. with gas at 2.22 the reasonable question most people are asking is how long can that last? if it was 3.70 just a few months ago down to 2.22 is it going
welcome back. good news for those hitting the gas station. the average price of gas is $2.22 nationwide. that s more than a dollar less per gallon than this time last year. why are lawmakers suggesting that we increase yeah increase the gas tax? let s ask former shell ceo john hofmeister hofmeister. john, good morning, how are you? good morning. thanks for having me on. who wants to increase the gas tax? why do they want to increase it? and if they do what will happen to us here in the united states? well, i think there are some cynical politicians looking to take advantage of the temporary collapse of the gasoline price to try to find new revenue for their state for whatever reason that they may choose.
you may have noticed it costs more to use your debit cards. banks are boosting charges on atm withdrawals to bounced checks. as karin caifa shows us, there are ways to avoid the dreaded bank fees. reporter: an annual survey of bank fees from bankrate.com found consumers paying more for using their money, especially for banking conveniences that make or break a purchase. according to their survey, the average fee for overdraft $32.22, increase of 3% over last year. the average fee to use another bank s atm, $4.13, up 2% from 2012. both are fees consumers can avoid with good financial planning. but those looking to save more money on bank fees can consider some other tips as well. when you get mail from the bank,
tuesday. rodman s attorney said he can t pay his own expenses and is a extremely sick alcoholic. well, he hasn t played one game in new york, but tim tebow has a sandwich named after him at carnegie deli. the $22.22 jetbow is corn beef and pastrami. why not some american cheese on that, right? there is. bread, lettuce and tomato and mayo. that s disgusting. oh, it s not that bad. it s disgusting. it s still bleeding. and finally, actress, vegan and environmentalist elise ali silver stone posted some video of her pre chewing her 10-month-old s food and then feeding him from her mouth to his. oh, she didn t want the air to contaminate it. yeah, i m not a parent and parents are very particular about these practices, so i don t know if this is a new thing that people are doing.