Yikes!!
The trend is to try to get those who can pay, pay more with the economy the way it is. Rather they'll get it or not remains to be seen.
It's like the dealership labor rates around here taking a huge spike when the economy went in the crapper. The Ford dealership I used to work at did just that: car rates went from $75 to $85 an hour and diesel went from $85 to $100. Of course, some of the increase in the diesel rates came from trying to milk the gas exploration and well drilling companies all coming in to the area.