Didnt anybody tell her didnt anybody see sundays look forward to Mondays Tuesdays to me imus in the morning gas up again and the word recession is back on the table. Good morning, everyone. Can our economy handle whats happening at the pump . Good question. Youve seen it every day for more than a month and theyve changed the signs at the gas station and prices have gone straight up. Today, triplea says regular costs 3. 74 a gallon. Were closing in on a 50 cent gain just this year. Four big population states are at or very close to 4 a gallon already. All right, now shall the impact. Every penny that gas goes up takes 1. 2 billion dollars from consumer spending, like a tax. And it comes on top of other tax increaseses that cut everybodys paycheck and will slow a weak economy and some say brings recession that much closer. Watch out. Varney company is about to begin. [ male announcer ] at his current pace, bob will retire when hes 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. But hes n