Poll: About 50 percent of Americans are worried about being able to afford to fill up their cars Respondents of a CBS News Poll blame high prices at the pump for ‘slow economic growth’ Some 64 percent of respondents in a CBS News poll believe the U.S. economy is in bad shape. Of these, 74 percent are blaming the bad economy on high prices at the pump, the news outlet reported . According to the poll results, about 50 percent of Americans are worried about being able to afford to fill up their cars. The biggest concern of all, unsurprisingly, is inflation, for which the majority blames the supply chain problems caused by the pandemic. A smaller majority also blames the labor shortage, which has led to an increase in labor costs. In October, U.S. gas prices were 50 percent higher than they were in October 2020 amid rising […]