(The Center Square) – Washington drivers are paying nearly a dollar more per gallon of gas than they were a month ago.
The Iran war is sending prices surging across the country, but Washington drivers are paying far more in state taxes for gasoline, mostly because of the Climate Commitment Act. …
The Center Square talked with drivers emptying their wallets to fill their tanks at gas stations in Federal Way, Wash., Thursday morning.
“It’s a struggle because my, fiancé only has a set income where he doesn’t work anymore because he had to have double lung surgery,” said Jodi Bonner of Federal Way. “Then he just got out of knee surgery. I don’t work yet. So, we’re just kind of living off what he makes, which is really hard.”
She said at this point in life she didn’t think she’d be in such a tough financial situation.
“It makes me angry, you know? I mean, we’re seriously struggling. Like, we only have so much money, and we shouldn’t have to spend it all just to get around,” she said. “I don’t drive my car that often, because I can’t afford the gas prices.” …
Truck drivers are really feeling the pain with diesel averaging $6.21 a gallon, up $1.41 from just one month ago. It was $4.39 one year ago.
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