You think you're getting a big tax refund? Listen up, Philly.

So everyone's talking about these bigger tax refunds this year, right? And listen, I'm not even gonna hold you, a little extra wooder ice money would be nice right about now, especially with Rita's giving out free scoops today for the first day of spring. But then you hear about this jawn with the Middle East and how gas prices are already climbing here in the Philadelphia region—hitting like two-year highs, some spots near four dollars a gallon, or nah? You telling me I'm gonna get a fat refund just for it to go straight into my gas tank trying to get down the shore this summer? That's the jawn, Philly — we don't do fake out here.

It's always something, ain't it? You finally get a little break, maybe thinking you can grab a nice cheesesteak from John's Roast Pork, or finally fix that leaky gutter on your rowhome, and then BAM! Another jawn pops up to eat away at your money. It's just like how they're saying this "bigger refund" could just get swallowed up by higher energy costs. Feels like every time working people in West Philly or South Philly get a little bit ahead, something pulls us right back. We ain't trying to catch a break just to give it all back at the pump on our way to grab some Bassett's ice cream at Reading Terminal, you feel me?

That's the jawn, Philly — we don't do fake out here.

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