Gas price control

[Dan Zorde]

Perth, Western Australia, just went to A$1.05/L (not much in US$, but it is
if you live here) for 92 Octane unleaded (up A$0.12 on previous day).  Out
of that over half would be government taxes.  The funny thing is that the
government is constantly on the oil companies backs claiming they are
ripping of the public, and yet there is no way in hell the government would
even contemplate reducing their taxes to help.

Dan  dzorde at erggroup.com


>If you are paying $1/liter for gasoline, that means that you are paying
>about $2.50/gallon more in _TAXES_ than the $0.60/gallon WE pay in taxes!
>Rather than complaining about oil company profits, I suggest that our ire
>might be better directed toward the politicians who charge (yes, even US)
>such exhorbitant taxes on our freedom to be mobile!! Doesn't seem to me
>that actual PRODUCT cost for gasoline of a bit under $1.00/gallon is
>particularly unreasonable! Perhaps we ought to line all of them up along
>that gas pipe line from the gulf to Europe before "bedding" it!!!
>
>Rant mode off !
>
>Greg



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