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> In a message dated 4/23/06 8:11:40 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> About a month ago I heard that total tax on a gallon was $0.67. Ouch
> Lots of money....
>
>
> JohnY
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> I think that depends on the state and also the higher the retail
price, the
> higher the tax. So where is the incentive to lower the price of
gas? Kind of
> like smoking. The government tells everybody how bad it is and what
it costs
> society but they won't outlaw it because they make so much revenue
from the
> tax on tobacco.
>
Maybe the gov't should put a windfall profits tax on themselves and
return the money to the purchasers, since they (gov't in all forms)
make more on a gallon than anyone else. There's a lot of smoke blowing
going on in congress.
JohnY
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