So let’s say that you are one of the unemployed or nearly-unemployed. The rent is overdue or else you’re in or nearly in foreclosure on your house. You’re ready to take any job. But you’ve got to be able to get from home to work and back every day. Even if you own a car and can afford insurance, you may be thinking twice about commuting . . . mysteriously, in spite of the decrease in oil consumption caused by the recession, gas prices are actually rising.
Thinking about taking the bus? Governor Rell is proposing a fare increase for CT Transit riders from the current cost of $1.25 to $1.75.
Just one more way that Rell is putting the burden of the economic crisis on the backs of those who can least afford it.
Filed under: Economic crisis
