CBS Evening News - 2000-06-24
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[0:06] Price drive. With vacation travelers
[0:08] hitting the road, the calls for lower
[0:10] gas prices kick into high gear.
[0:13] Dot-com doubts trigger stock price
[0:15] plunges and website worker layoffs.
[0:18] Presidential hopeful Ralph Nader and the
[0:20] threat he poses to the Gore campaign.
[0:22] And the promise and the risk of gene
[0:25] therapy.
[0:31] This is the CBS Evening News
[0:35] with Russ Mitchell.
[0:38] And good evening.
[0:39] As the summer travel season begins to
[0:41] heat up, so do the politics over the
[0:43] highest gasoline prices in years. With
[0:45] each increase at the pump, the pressure
[0:47] for lawmakers to do something increases
[0:49] as well. But while consumers are
[0:51] certainly fuming, there is evidence
[0:52] tonight that even after shelling out big
[0:54] bucks to fill her up, they're not ready
[0:56] to slam on the brakes just yet.
[0:59] Bobby Harley has more.
[1:01] Across the country from West Virginia to
[1:04] Michigan, lawmakers this week were
[1:06] calling for more states to follow
[1:08] Indiana's lead and suspend gas taxes.
[1:12] Motorists were being creative, like this
[1:14] woman who makes sure she fills up in
[1:16] Indiana before heading to Illinois for
[1:18] work.
[1:19] It would cost me $47 to fill this up and
[1:22] I almost had a heart attack cuz they'll
[1:24] last long.
[1:26] While the finger-pointing over who's to
[1:28] blame continues, consumers have to take
[1:30] a hard look at themselves. Soaring fuel
[1:33] prices have not curbed their thirst for
[1:36] gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles and
[1:38] with a booming economy, analysts don't
[1:41] expect that to change anytime soon.
[1:43] Demand is is high because the economy is
[1:45] so good.
[1:46] Unemployment rates are lower, more
[1:48] people h