GAS PRICES!

[TAB]

I'm talking about at the pump.  not other taxs.

[PegLeg45]

I'm talking about at the pump.  not other taxs.

What part do you not pay "at the pump"?    

Fed excise tax is .18 per gallon.
State excise tax is .35 per gallon.
State and local sales taxes add up to .10 per gallon.

Are they charged at different places?

[crusader rabbit]

In St. Petersburg, Florida  this morning I saw $3.51 for reg and $3.74 for diesel. 

The thing that's odd about all of this is that it cannot be a cost factor for the station operator or distributor--there hasn't been enough time for this more pricey oil to get into the system.  It's just a decision to gouge the consumer while the gouging is good.

[TAB]

they are charged to diffrent people, yes we pay them in the end.

[PegLeg45]

In St. Petersburg, Florida  this morning I saw $3.51 for reg and $3.74 for diesel.  

The thing that's odd about all of this is that it cannot be a cost factor for the station operator or distributor--there hasn't been enough time for this more pricey oil to get into the system.  It's just a decision to gouge the consumer while the gouging is good.

That is exactly what is going on...at least here on the east coast due to Spring Break and Bike Week in late February and March. Happens every year.....gas will jump .30 overnight (like last week) and that can't be completely due to oil prices. The last time gas here was $3.45 a gallon, crude oil was in the $130/barrel range. It jumped .30 a gallon over night last week and oil was at $102/barrel.

I know conditions change from one year to the next, but greed is still driving the bus overall...I don't care what the oil company execs say about it.....they are in business to make money and they must maintain profit margins for investors.

http://www.oil-price.net/

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[PegLeg45]

they are charged to diffrent people, yes we pay them in the end.

   Yep, on that I agree 100%....WE THE PEOPLE always get it in the end.   

[Timothy]

http://www.api.org/statistics/fueltaxes/upload/Gasoline_Diesel_Summary.pdf

California is 66 cents at the high end for total taxes and fees with Alaska at the bottom at about 25 cents. 

The Fed takes 18.4 cents for every gallon sold in the US.

Hawaii, New York and Connecticut are next in line.

I just filled up in MA about at 1030 at 40 cents less than our local price in town here......$3.39 vs 3.79...

[tt11758]

I must admit that I have quit looking at the pump prices, for two reasons:

1)  It just depresses me.
2)  It's not like I'm gonna not buy it if I need it.  And out here in rural America, our options are limited. 

So bend over, assume the position, and take it like a man.

[Timothy]

I must admit that I have quit looking at the pump prices, for two reasons:

1)  It just depresses me.
2)  It's not like I'm gonna not buy it if I need it.  And out here in rural America, our options are limited.  

So bend over, assume the position, and take it like a man.

I feel for you.  When I lived in CA years ago, 300 miles north of SF in Humboldt County, we had about three stations within a thirty mile radius.  Though I'm out in the sticks, I can pop over to RI and save a few cents if I'm there.  Closer to the bigger towns, things drop 10-15 cents a gallon on average.

The local station dropped their price 6 cents this morning to 3.73.  I was about to call the state and report them for gouging but I doubt it would have done any good.

[Big Frank]

For some reason gas on my side of town cost more than it does where my mom lives, 8 miles away on the other side of town. I usually pay about 8-10 cents more per gallon, but I don't think it's worth driving across town to fill up.