Looking for money? Check your car, your mortgage - your child?

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Sometimes I wonder if Washington has a clue what regular Americans are dealing with financially. All those official pronouncements that inflation is Sometimes I wonder if Washington has a clue what regular Americans are dealing with financially. All those official pronouncements that

• Filling up your gas tank costs about 50 percent more today than it did two years ago. And with crude oil setting new price records, get ready for more increases.
• Credit card companies are doubling the minimum monthly required payment for many consumers.
• Skyrocketing home values have meant sharply higher mortgage