We need to petition our government to create a set rate for gas and rent according to region. If things continue the way they are, when minimum wage goes up to $7.25 an hour next July, then things will increase "over all" at least $100.00, this will drive the middle class to poverty, and the poor to extinction. Please sign this petition stating your willingness to support a bill that creates a fixed rate for the general cost of living in our economy, before it's too late.