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You could also look at how much of that $30 goes to government which then goes on to roads, bridges and infrastructure maintenance and improvements. Your gas taxes are a user tax for the roads that you're using. The government doesn't just sit on it - most states collect less in gas taxes than it costs to repair and build roads.
Yes, I agree 100%....except that not all of the tax dollars go to build roads etc. I guess my main point is that gas prices are first and foremost going through the roof because of the foreign exchange rate....which is caused by the government....and that taxes are the other BIG piece of the equation.
But, the candidates (many of them) point a finger at "Big Oil" as the problem.
Let's assume they are correct and that Big Oil is overcharging...that still leaves a large heaping of blame on our economic policies and spending.
FYI- again, I'm not talking about just the explicit per gallon gas tax...more emphasis on the other taxes in the process generally federal in nature.
Diesel went up another 10 ¢ today to $4.59.9. I guess that gas will be next in a few days. So much for any hope that there might be a downward swing before summer. I was reading my ballot today and all the republican candidates believe that we are not in a recession and that things are actually getting better. I would like to know what happy pills they are on.
We are at $3.89 in CO today, while the new oil movement here rakes in $1300.00 in profit every SECOND! WTF! Who is in charge of this anyway, I want their name and their supervisors name!
$4.14 per gallon for regular unleaded. $26 to fill up my 92 tercel with I believe a 10 gallon tank(it had about 1/4 tank left). used to be slightly more than $10 to fill it up when gas was less than $1.50 per gallon here in NY in the 90's
Higher prices for gas are always of interest to me, since the original topic prices are still up in the mid to high $3 a gallon, The way i see it the high prices are probably have an impact on peoples new car purchases and instead of buying large fuel inefficient cars people are buying smaller more economical cars which is probably making a bit more space on the roads..
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