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Higher Gas Prices = Lower Worker Productivity

Written by: Donald J. Trump

Article Overview: As gas prices climb higher and higher, the costs hurt people in more places than just their wallets.

Higher Gas Prices = Lower Worker Productivity

As gas prices climb higher and higher, the costs hurt people in more places than just their wallets.

The more people pay at the pump, the more employees get stressed - even on the job - which results in lower productivity.

People who are concerned about high gas prices let that stress carry over into their work lives. Researchers say they are significantly less attentive when they’re on the job. They’re less excited about going to work, less passionate and conscientious and more tense. All that combined equals overall lower productivity.

Of course, higher gas prices have all kinds of other trickle-down effects. For example, more than half of Americans have reconsidered taking vacations this summer. Forty-five percent have had to cut back on credit card payments in order to keep their tanks full and nearly one-third have even had to consider going without basics such as food, clothing and medicine.

Oil prices keep setting record highs and Americans are paying for it at the pump, in their jobs and in their lives. If the economy doesn’t get fixed soon, it’s going to take a long time before we recover from this recession. And it’s definitely a recession. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

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