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Maybe it's the rent that should be lowered so that people can afford other things including gas. I'm amazed at how Americans constantly gripe about gas prices when they pay a fraction of what Europeans pay.

Shelter is considered a basic need, so why isn't it a basic right? We need desperately to lower rent & housing costs, & seriously address homelessness.

And we should definitely increase gasoline taxes, institute taxes on meat & plastic, & have a system of taxes or fees on greenhouse gases, as well as have a much more progressive income tax system along with wealth & estate taxes for the wealthiest.

Then we would have a lot more funds to both combat climate chaos & environmental destruction and help the poor & homeless & fight economic injustice.

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