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More Of Us Are Staying Home This Labor Day
Fewer people were expected to take trips over the traditional final weekend of summer this year.
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WASHINGTON (September 5, 2009)--It's Labor Day weekend, but fewer people are expected to be taking trips for the traditional last weekend of summer this year.
AAA expects about 39 million Americans will travel this weekend, down 13 percent from last year.
AAA’s Troy Green says the main reason is that Labor Day comes so late this year;’ a full week into September.
Green says many schools have already been open for two or three weeks, so parents are reluctant to go on vacation.
Of those who will be traveling, most are hitting the highway.
AAA estimates 84 percent are traveling by auto, 4 percent are flying and rest are going to by bus, rail or cruise ship.
Holiday weekend road trips will be a bit cheaper this year.
Green says gas prices are down more than a dollar a gallon from a year ago.
AAA Texas expects about 2.8 million people across the state will travel over the long weekend.
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Sorry this is not true
The effects of the collapse of the Bush economy continue. The financial manipulating toxins like Goldman Sachs,AIG is the reason why our gas prices are $2.50/gal instead of $1.25/gal. Obama had opportunity to get rid of these anti-American leeches and instead bailed them out with billions of our tax dollars so they can in turn use the money to pay bonuses to their top dogs and to continue to manipulate the commodity futures. Goldman Sachs was on of the top holders of oil futures last year. http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/108382 http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0413/096-sachs-semgroup-goldman-goose-oil_print.html
Just a sign of the times and a bad Recession!!!
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