dave briggs, paid $97 recently to fill up his car, that s right, look at the price on the bottom, 4.26 per gallon, that s brutal. going to great lengths to save in new jersey. a gas station attendant dragged by a driver who refused to pay $20 after filling up. could we see more of this as prices continue to climb? joining us is federal tax commissioner. i m in pain from from paying that $97 and people think of state tax. how much is it hurting people when it comes to paying at the pump. a bundle. who would have thought that the gasoline tax would be the straw that break the camel s back. you look at the effect on small businesses, landscape, delivery services, food in the supermarket. startups, charitable organizations, meals on
climbing. hawaii is seeing some of the highest price, averaging $4.26 a gallon followed by california as stuart mentioned there. some of the cheapest gas is found in montana and wyoming where a gallon of unleaded averages only $3.18. huge stuff. jamie: another fox news alert. there is an al qaeda affiliated terror group that is claiming responsibility for a string of car bomb attacks we ve seen in baghdad. coordinated bombings killing at least 37 people and injuring many others. according to statements they posted online, the attack was retaliation against a shiite-led government for alleged crimes against sunni muslims. more than 100 people hurt in the homicide blasts. bill: we have a jam-packed hour straight ahead. the white house leaking the plan for immigration reform. why marco rubio says it is doa, it is dead on arrival and it does not help. we ll debate that in a moment.
because their salaries are stagnant, if they have a sag la. food prices are going up. the gas average now is $3.85, up 30 cents from a month ago, more than a dollar than we paid last year. i want to bring into the conversation nbc s mike taibbi in chicago where they re paying the average price here, mike, what, $4.26? well, $4.26 may be an average. we re standing in a place where it is $4.599 for gasoline. this is the blues town, if there wasn t bad news, there wouldn t be no news at all. this is one of the six states where the average price is north of $4 a gallon. they also are aware that they re also aware that there are some analysts saying that if all the elements in place driving gasoline prices stay in place over the summer, leading to the hurricane season, we could be looking at gas prices north of $6 a gallon. that s getting almost the united kingdom and germany and france