Freepers think Gas Taxes make gas expensive

[Zuni]

To: Indy Pendance
OK...now...lower gasoline taxes...



2 posted on 08/31/2005 12:48:11 PM PDT by RockinRight (What part of ILLEGAL immigration do they not understand?)
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funny. Federal gas taxes are less than 20 cents a gallon. State gas taxes are about the same

so what about the other several dollars a gallon?

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Yep, that's right, every state has managed to raise their gas tax $1.50

in the last month.

[Zuni]

3. wow. they must have

[LostInAnomie]

2. Yeah the newly elected repukes have been feverishly...

... passing new gas taxes over the past few weeks.

Who will stop their madness?

[Zuni]

4. we the people. EAGLES UP

[terrya]

5. Oh, THAT's the reason!

"smacks forehead"

Well, THAT makes sense. :sarcasm:

[flamingyouth]

6. How these people manage to function in society is beyond me.

[Zuni]

8. I think it is a miracle if they can fart and chew gum at one time

[nytemare]

7. That's what Bush was saying in 99.

He recommended against raiding the reserves, back when gas was 1.60. He said he would "jawbone" the Saudis and eliminate the gas tax to lower fuel costs.

Well, the new pork-laden highway bill is funded by that gas tax.

[bridgit]

9. well, they are a 'contributor' but that does not dismiss...

the fact that freepers are insane!! a psychiatric malady by which the proportional diminishing of taxes only contributes to

[sphincter]

10. But but...

What are they moaning about? The taxes must have been raised by a government that they elected, right? Or am I completely off track here?

[zigster]

11. I did a google search

to find out what the taxes are state by state and I found this year old chart:

Estimates of the total current gasoline taxes (in cents per gallon) by state, including all federal, state, and local taxes, are as follows:

State Total Taxes
Alabama 39.6
Alaska 26.4
Arizona 37.4
Arkansas 39.9
California 50.8
Colorado 40.4
Connecticut 48.5
Delaware 41.4
Dist. of Columbia 38.4
Florida 48.8
Georgia 31.1
Hawaii 54.7
Idaho
43.4
Illinois 45.1
Indiana 41.7
Iowa 39.7
Kansas 43.4
Kentucky 34.8
Louisiana 38.4
Maine 44.5
Maryland 41.9
Massachusetts 41.9
Michigan 45.6
Minnesota 40.4
Mississippi 37.2
Missouri 35.4
Montana 46.2
Nebraska 44.1
Nevada 51.6
New Hampshire 39.0
New Jersey 32.9
New Mexico 36.4
New York 51.4
North Carolina 43.0
North Dakota 39.4
Ohio 44.4
Oklahoma 35.4
Oregon 42.4
Pennsylvania 45.7
Rhode Island 49.4
South Carolina 35.2
South Dakota 42.4
Tennessee 39.8
Texas 38.4
Utah 42.9
Vermont 38.4
Virginia 37.4
Washington 46.4
West Virginia 43.8
Wisconsin 49.9
Wyoming 32.4
Average 42.7
Source: American Petroleum Institute

http://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance13.html

I have NO idea of the accuracy of that chart. And I'm not in the mood to do a more thorough search.

[NMMNG]

12. Freeper logic for you

Blame taxes and/or "libruls" for everything. Anything to do with high prices automatically is because of the taxes associated with it (which is always the fault of the libruls, even if all of the taxes on the product/service in question were tacked on by Rethugs). It doesn't matter if the taxes amount to only .05% of the cost of the product/service, they are still to blame for the high cost. :eyes: