Would you give up your freedom for cheap gasoline?

Matthew Arnold Stern
3 min readJun 17, 2022
Gas pumps back when gas was cheap

Inflation hurts all of us, with the poor and working class hurting the most. One of the biggest hikes is the price of gasoline. At the least expensive Costco in our area, it’s $6 a gallon. When you commute to a job that hasn’t increased your salary to keep up with inflation, that’s a big hit on your budget.

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Matthew Arnold Stern

A novelist and award-winning public speaker and technical writer. My novels Amiga and The Remainders are available now.