Re: [RC] Revision

[David R. Block]

Title: "Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech

Texas is higher than I thought. Darn. David "Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection."—Neal Boortz   On 3/26/2012 6:38 PM, bil...@aol.com wrote: Ernie : Time to revise my generalization about gas prices. Below is a "scratch paper" set of calculations which subtract state gas taxes from pump prices. The BF is the tax rate, not counting sales tax. Hence Montana, if you subtract state tax, actually has the lowest fuel price in the nation.   The R or D after a state indicated party preference,  *  =  tossup state   Best I can conclude  --to do this right you'd need to do the math for all 50 states plus add in the sales taxes--    if you are right next to Canada , if there are local refineries, or perhaps an oil port,  you will do all right. But supply is only part of the equation. Texas and Massachusetts are about the same. WTH ?  Of course, last I  heard , Mass  ( CITGO )  gets a lot of Venezuelan oil, but, still, you'd think that Texas would come in much lower per gallon. I don't have a good explanation.   I rather doubt that political preference is all that potent. Look at Indiana / Wisconsin one D, the other R.  Just about the same price.   No more time for this, maybe someone else wants to work with the material.   Billy   ================================================     Wyoming   $  3  47                14                  $ 3. 33   R Montana        3 59                 28                    3.  31  R   Wyoming 3.476 +0.029 Montana 3.594 -0.006 South Carolina 3.658 +0.007 Utah 3.658 -0.012 Oklahoma 3.660 +0.007 New Jersey 3.667 +0.002 New Mexico 3.700 +0.005 Colorado 3.701 +0.015 Mississippi 3.706 +0.004 Kansas 3.719 Wyoming 3.476 +0.029 Montana 3.594 -0.006 South Carolina 3.658 +0.007 Utah 3.658 -0.012 Oklahoma 3.660 +0.007 New Jersey 3.667 +0.002 New Mexico 3.700 +0.005 Colorado 3.701 +0.015 Mississippi 3.706 +0.004 Kansas 3.719 SC              3  65                 17                  3  48    R Utah            3  65                 25                  3  40    R OK              3 66                 17                  3  51    R NJ                3 67                 15                 3  52    D N Mex          3 70                19                  3  51   D CO               3  71              22                   3  53   * Miss              3 71              19                   3  52   R Kansas          3  72             25                   3  47  R     TEX                3  79         20                   3  59   R Mass               3  80       24                     3  66    D S Dak              3  81       24                    3  67    R     Neb                 3  89          28               3  71      R Ky                   3  89          28                             R Ohio                3  89          28                              *   Ind                   3  97         39          3   58            R Wisc                4. 00         33          3   57            D     Ore                  4  10         31           3  81              D   ILL                  4  27                   39     3  88          * CA                   4  31                  49     3  82           D         -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org