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Originally Posted by FDNYDANO18
Want lower gasoline prices??? ..... make the Government stop collecting the T A X E S (about 40% of the cost approx.)
Cost in Canada is higher due to taxes as well.
And get the bunny huggers to allow more refineries to be built. The lack of supply is because we cant refine it fast enough.
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Can you get me a source for that 40% figure. A quick google search says taxes are 16% and in a country comparison graph from 2007 seems to concur. The latest gas hikes are due to refinery problems, but overall I don't think it's a tax issue (at least not with data that I could quickly find).
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=5365439
http://www.economist.com/displaystor...ry_id=10903316
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Edit: Found this article that proposes lowering gas taxes and replacing them with toll money, which would cause at least 5 posts from CBRBob if that happens.
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/04...es-in-favor-o/