It's outrageous. I mean if I was to fill my truck up which I'm not and this transfer tank,

that's over $600. It's a hot day in July and people are lining up at the food for less

gas station in Lemongrove, California, a small city just east of San Diego to fuel up.

Normally those two would have been $61. That's William Ransby. He's filling up three

five gallon gas cans for his work equipment. He's a contractor. Today he feels like

he's getting a deal. At 5.79 a gallon, that's just under the California average, which was

still a little over $6 when we met up with William. His company is footing the bill today.

I can't afford to put gas in his personal car. I just use enough fuel to get me to and

from work and I stay at home. And when he does put gas in his own car, he's dipping into

money he doesn't have. I use a combination of credit cards and cash. You know if I don't

have enough cash and I'll use my credit card but I prefer to use cash. That way I'm not

going into debt any further. You know that's the toughest thing to stay in out of debt.

You know, that's scary. It's very scary. June Pay Hella, a stock room worker, also getting

gas knows all about that. As prices rise, her paycheck just isn't getting her as far

as it used to. And she's worried. I see people in their 70s and 80s having to go back to

work after they've been retired for 10, 15 years. You know, I wanted to retire at 62 now

and then I said, well, alright, 65 now maybe 67. You know, so, you know, I don't know.

Maybe never. I don't know. Fans on how long this inflation really lasts, you know.

Inflation, the word itself can sound like an incantation, something nebulous and hard

to pin down. But it's also something many of us feel every single day at the gas pump

or the grocery store. For millions of Americans like June and William,

it means that their money doesn't go as far. It means that they can't pay their bills

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