美通胀压力影响许多家庭

Families struggle to make ends meet with inflation. 
As the price at the pump goes up, there’s no doubt that consumer confidence goes down. Most in metro Atlanta are now paying anywhere from $4.19 to $4.69 a gallon.
2022.6.7 CBS46 Atlanta
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    Developing tonight inflation soars to new heights nationwide and it's costing struggling Georgians food rent and gasoline prices all continuing to climb.

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    In fact the price of the pump up 12 cents from just yesterday, according to triple-A(AAA), $4.29 per gallon for regular gasoline.

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    CBS 46's Adam Murphy live at a Shell gas station on Howell Mill road in Atlanta. Adam this is impacting families big time.

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    It certainly is, Shawn, good evening to you, I'll tell you I spoke with one family today, who said they just can't afford gas prices and they found other ways to get around.

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    And you can see why, look at this Shell station on Howell Mill road here in Atlanta 4.69 a gallon for regular unleaded.

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    As the price at the pump goes up, there's no doubt consumer confidence goes down, most in the metro now paying anywhere from 419 to 469 a gallon.

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    It's rough, I'm fortunate but I can't imagine what it's like for people who are a little bit pinched right now.

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    Inflated gas prices are costing most families about 450 dollars more this year compared to last. It's an expense, Nekeisha Trailor can't afford it all. - "They got rats come behind the stove."

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    Trailor struggles to pay rent each month for subpar conditions at her apartment in southwest Atlanta and uses public transportation to avoid the pain at the pump.

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    Because my mom used to help me a lot, I lost her like a year ago, but not just me and I had to help myself, that he's sick.

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    She's also raising a child in the middle of record high inflation which hasn't been easy, her rent jumped five hundred dollars this year, it is now costing her thirteen hundred dollars a month.

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    We don't have nothing, but cleanup guys to clean up on the outside, we need to help on the inside.

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    Trailor works for a cleaning company bringing home sixteen hundred dollars a month, but after paying her rent and power bills, she's left with only fifty dollars, and a few food stamps to make ends meet⁽¹⁾.

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    In hopes of finding some relief, she wore this Biden Harris T-shirt and shared this cry for help.

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    I will say can y'all please help me in my commitment, my revolution, because I'm a single parent I'm struggling right now.

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    And there is no relief in sight and for those of us feeling the pain of the pump, GasBuddy ⁽²⁾is reporting the average price the pump could surpass five dollars a gallon.

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    In the next couple of weeks that would be five dollars a gallon nationwide, so it's only going up from here, we're live in Atlanta Adam Murphy CBS 46 News.

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    今晚,通货膨胀在全国范围内飙升到新的高度,这使得苦苦挣扎的佐治亚人的食物、租金和汽油价格都在持续攀升。

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    事实上,加油站的价格比昨天上涨了12美分,根据美国汽车协会(American Automobile Association)的数据,普通无铅汽油每加仑4.29美元(2022年6月7日)。

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    CBS46新闻台的亚当·墨菲在亚特兰大Howell Mill路的壳牌加油站带来直播。亚当,这对普通家庭影响很大。

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    确实如此,肖恩,晚上好,我告诉你,我今天和一家人聊过,他们说他们加不起油了,他们找到了其他的交通方式。

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    你能明白这是为什么,看看亚特兰大Howell Mill路上的壳牌加油站普通无铅汽油每加仑4.69美元。

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    随着汽油价格的上涨,毫无疑问消费者信心下降,很多大城市现在的油价在每加仑419到469美元之间。

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    这很艰难,我很幸运,但我无法想象那些现在手头有点紧的人是什么感觉。

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    与去年相比,今年上涨的油价让大多数家庭多花了450美元。这是一笔开销,奈基莎·泰勒尔负担不起。 - “炉子后面有老鼠(居住条件差)。”

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    泰勒尔住在亚特兰大西南部的公寓条件很差,每个月她都要为支付房租而挣扎, 她使用公共交通工具,以避免在加油之痛。

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    因为我妈妈曾经帮过我很多,一年前我失去了她,我必须自己帮助自己,不只是我,这是个病态的社会。

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    她还在创纪录的高通货膨胀中抚养孩子,这并不容易,今年她的租金上涨了500美元,现在每月要花费1300美元。

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    我们除去花销一无所有,清理人员要清理外面,我们得在室内帮忙。

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    泰勒尔在一家保洁公司工作,每个月能带回1600美元,但除了房租和电费,她只剩下50美元,还有几张食品券来维持生计。

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    为了寻求安慰,她穿上了这件印有拜登·哈里斯头像的T恤,并发出了求救的声音。

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    我会说,你们能帮助我实现我的革命和我的承诺吗?因为我是一个单身母亲,我现在很挣扎。

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    目前还看不到任何缓解的迹象,对于那些在加油时感到痛苦的人来说,GasBuddy报告称,每加仑汽油的平均价格可能超过5美元。

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    在接下来的几周内,全国范围内的油价将达到每加仑5美元,所以从这里开始油价只会上涨,我是CBS46新闻台的亚当·墨菲,我们在亚特兰大为您直播。