All together, that means the higher cost of gas has cost us more than $55 billion, while the higher cost of diesel has cost over $45 billion. Break that $101 billion down by household, and every family in your neighborhood has spent an average of $771 more, just on fuel since Trump started this stupid war at the end of February. At least if your property taxes increased by $800, that money might go to fixing sidewalks or maybe building a new library. All we get for paying higher fuel costs is more instability in the Middle East.