continues to be in the red. what s the reality here about where we re at and all these mixed signals? i think you can never look at one data point, but if you re a politician you pick the good one and you crow about it. the reality is that the stock market, which is a forward-looking vehicle, sees more trouble down the road. companies that reported earnings in the first quarter, every one of them, you know, raised the caution flag as it relates to the risk of inflation. and the thing that you need to remember, bryan, about our economy is that it s all driven on the backs of the consumer. 70% of the output in our economy is from the consumer. and the consumer, by all accounts, is getting very fatigued whether it s in the grocery store or at the pump. so the real headwind for the economy is whether or not the consumer can continue to march on. bryan: let s bring up the prices that matter to all of our view havers. first, the gas prices, $4.81 is the national average.
car chase that ended in a violent crash after being spotted at an indiana motel. officers took casey white back into custody while vicki white died of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. the bellingham harold reports residents of washington state now pay more for gas than most of the country. the state s average reached $4.81 and is helping fuel a demand for electric vehicles. in texas, the waco tribune herald reports that greg abbott and state lawmakers have shifted $1 billion to pay for law enforcement at the u.s./mexico border. it comes after abbott made a pledge to arrest everyone who crossed the border illegally. critics say money could have been used to address the public health crisis that has killed more than 86,000 people across
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beef to report heights just in time for summer grilling season. let s check in with jeff cuttimore. do you guys grill over there? yeah. you know what, brian? we re back to that language thing again. we call it barbecue, my friend. we do barbecue here, but not that often given how rotten the weather is over in the uk most of the time. every now and again we put our aprons on and we get out there and we try to pretend we are real men with a beer and generally we burn the burgers, the sausages and everything else we cook. we re not good at it. but at $4.81 a pound, we will not be sticking a lot of beef o. feed costs are having an impact on beef prices leading to this all-time high. another story, the picture is becoming clearer at the chicago sun times. they have laid off as many as 30
level, despite the huge deficit and millions out of work. the washington examiner reports 2010 dinner for mexican president felipe calderon including performance by beyonce cost nearly $1 million. put another way it was $4700 per attendee. dinner for india s prime minister cost about half million bucks. the chief usher of the white house from the carter to george w. bush presidencies says the priciest event he could remember was $200,000. so far, the white house has not commented. finally, ever wonder how much your vote is worth? cnbc broke down the numbers using data from the federal election commission. the campaign and their super pacs are spending combined $27 per second. the obama campaign aid fillateed groups spent $5.33 per registered voter versus $4.81 for the romney team. all told, $110.14 apiece.