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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.