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Originally Posted by Bimmerfun82
You guys are so funny. So gas prices haven’t gone up? Got it
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Who said they hadn't? Not me.
You said that '
the gas prices are out of control because of taxes'
I replied that federal gas taxes were fixed in 1999 and haven't changed since. On top of that, while some states have added a small extra gas tax, in total that's only ¢18-¢24 on a $4-$5 gallon of gas. Which doesn't look 'out of control' to me.
Perhaps there's some other reason why gas has gone up? 2021 - $3.26 / Russia invades Ukraine / 2022 - $4.90 - so perhaps it's that? Or it might be that fossil fuel businesses don't find it profitable to build extra refining capacity at the moment. Or that Europe has suddenly grabbed a much bigger proportion of the finite tanker capacity. Anyway, my point is all this is nothing to do with taxes - which was your assertion.