The Answer is: $2.12

The Question: What was the price of gas 1 year ago? The answer is @$2.12 a gallon. http://www.vegasgasprices.com/
High gas prices will continue to hurt the economy and it will the poor the hardest.
Does Reid, Obama or Pelosi care? Of course not. Obama has essentially said that he likes $4 a gallon of gas.
So, get used to the high gas prices and in with it a slower recovery of the economy and continued high unemployment.