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| booybob |
Next time you fill up don't be mad at the oil companies, be mad at your government.
At least the oil companies raise and lower the cost of gas while the taxes are a
fixed cost that never go down they always go up.
WND Exclusive BLACK-GOLD BLUES
Top gas gouger? The government!
States, feds taking chunk bigger than oil companies
Posted: June 19, 2007
10:25 p.m. Eastern
By Alyssa Farah
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
WASHINGTON – With summer travel in full gear and motorists more conscious of the price of gasoline than ever before, few Americans realize that up to 60 cents of the cost per gallon is the result of local, state and federal taxes.
In fact, despite allegations of price-gouging, some retailers say they are actually losing money on every gallon they pump.
State, local and federal taxes make up about 20 percent of the cost paid at the pump, according to Conoco Phillips, an international, integrated energy company.
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So, while many tend to assume major gas companies are hugely profiting when gas prices peak, this may not be the case. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, when the average price of regular unleaded gas peaked at $3 per gallon in 2006, most major companies were profiting only about 10 cents per gallon on refining and marketing options, while the federal tax alone is as much as 18.4 cents per gallon.
As of March, the national average gasoline tax is 45.8 cents. New York has the highest gas tax at 60.8 cents at the pump, with Hawaii just behind costing 60.2 cents per gallon, according to the American Petroleum Institute.
Gas taxes include federal, averaging 18.4 cents per gallon; state, averaging 18.2 cents per gallon; and additional taxes costing an average of 9.15 cents per gallon. The additional taxes include applicable sales taxes, gross receipts taxes, oil inspection fees, underground storage tank fees and other environmental fees.
New York assemblymen presented a proposal to the state legislature advocating a gas tax cut. However, concerns have been raised that a hole will open in the state's budget that cannot be filled. Republican advocates argue that increased tourism caused by the ability to travel more cheaply because of lower gas prices will fill the $200-$300 million dollar gap.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry supported a proposal to lower the gas tax by 20 cents over the summer. The proposal passed in the state House of Representatives, but was pushed aside in the Texas Senate.
Another effort to decrease the amount paid is the so-called "tax holiday" at the pump. Several states have considered proposals for "tax holidays" that would be a period of time with no gas tax. A bill was presented to Congress last week that would suspend gas tax during price spikes above $3 per gallon. Rolling back tax breaks for major oil companies would make up for any lost revenue.
In Connecticut as well, a gas tax relief proposal was offered by the Republican minority but quickly swept under the rug by the Democrat majority, despite its support from Gov. M. Jodi Rell.
Taxes on gasoline vary from state to state. In Alaska, the gas tax is only 26.4 cents, the lowest gas tax in the nation. New York's gas tax is more than twice as much. The gas tax isn't the only element that increases prices at the pump. But it remains one of the most significant factors in high-priced gasoline.
California, for example, has extensive environmental restrictions that require the state to use an expensive blend of gasoline. At the same time, the cost in some Midwestern states is far higher because delivery costs are higher. |
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| Abba |
What a complete and utter crock of BULLSHIT.
First of all, if you want anyone to take you seriously, use a source other than WND.
2nd, those taxes have ALWAYS been there, and they're the main funding of all road construction. Without those taxes, those potholes you love to bitch about would get bigger and bigger every year.
3rd, $9 billion isn't alot of profits??? Are you on crack??
4th, there is a $20 buffer in the cost of EVERY SINGLE BARREL of oil. This built in cost is meant to cover the POSSIBILITY of war with Iran, instability in Russia, etc. Think of it as a bullshit "what if?" cost that WE pay for. Thanks to Bush's sabre rattling on Iran, or Iran's anti-Israeli rhetoric, and there you go.
These right wing assholes bitch about taxes, but have no problem enjoying the very things those taxes pay for, like a strong military, electricity that's always on, a public school for every child, and a mostly safe food supply. |
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| Ass Boil |
Booybob and Racist Holy Sternposse are the only people here I have seen use WorldNet or Newsmax as sources....
The difference is Booybob then complains about people not taking him seriously. |
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| Abba |
I just love these right wing assholes who hate taxes with a passion, but then get holier than thou with universal health care. They want things for free, but dont want others to get things for free.
It's just like that douche Scott DePace who complains about taxes but has no problem daily enjoying the infrastructure those taxes pay for daily. Nothing is free, not even the air we breathe, because our taxes pay for the regulations that prevent industries from polluting the shit out of it, which they would gladly do if they had free reign, just to make a quick buck.
I have no problem paying taxes, providing that those funds are used for meaningful and USEFUL programs. When we're spending $74 million a week on the war in Afghanistan, and another few billion a month on Iraq, and another few billion in subsidies to the oil companies, and another few billion in useless earmarks, that's when I have a problem. I'd rather have my taxes going to provide every American with the proper care when they're ill.
As for Scott DePace, no one mentioned to the asshole that NO ONE gets health care for free. In fact, the majority of bankruptcy cases stem from overwhelming huge medical bills for people who HAVE INSURANCE and still lose everything. How fucked up is it that you have to lose your life in order to save your life???? Thanks to the Republicunts, it's even more difficult for the destroyed AMERICANS to get themselves out of the bottomless pit of medical bills and crushing, life destroying medical debt. |
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| booybob |
I find it amazing that you guys bitch about the amount of profit a company makes.
The profit margin on gas is approx 10%.
At 3.00$ per gallon the .60 in taxes equals 20%, double what the oil companies make.
The % goes even higher as the price of gas goes down |
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| Ass Boil |
| Well said Abba. 2/3 of all bankruptcies in this country are caused medical bills.... that is inexcusable in the wealthiest country on the planet. |
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| JTProcess |
Quote: Originally posted by booybob
I find it amazing that you guys bitch about the amount of profit a company makes.
The profit margin on gas is approx 10%.
At 3.00$ per gallon the .60 in taxes equals 20%, double what the oil companies make.
The % goes even higher as the price of gas goes down |
No one would be bitching if the profits were made fairly and without additional handouts from corrupt greedy government officials.
You see any "liberals" bitching about Google or Apple's profits?
I didn't think so. |
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| DUDE-HERE |
Quote: Originally posted by Abba
What a complete and utter crock of BULLSHIT.
First of all, if you want anyone to take you seriously, use a source other than WND.
2nd, those taxes have ALWAYS been there, and they're the main funding of all road construction. Without those taxes, those potholes you love to bitch about would get bigger and bigger every year.
3rd, $9 billion isn't alot of profits??? Are you on crack??
4th, there is a $20 buffer in the cost of EVERY SINGLE BARREL of oil. This built in cost is meant to cover the POSSIBILITY of war with Iran, instability in Russia, etc. Think of it as a bullshit "what if?" cost that WE pay for. Thanks to Bush's sabre rattling on Iran, or Iran's anti-Israeli rhetoric, and there you go.
These right wing assholes bitch about taxes, but have no problem enjoying the very things those taxes pay for, like a strong military, electricity that's always on, a public school for every child, and a mostly safe food supply. |
bush's sabre rattling on iran..thats funny
as i remember when we went into iraq it was dems who were warning iran that they were next. so what does iran do. they arm themselves and try and make a nuke even faster. in the end it will be dem rhetoric which gets us all in hotwater |
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| artiel |
Quote: Originally posted by DUDE-HERE
bush's sabre rattling on iran..thats funny
as i remember when we went into iraq it was dems who were warning iran that they were next. so what does iran do. they arm themselves and try and make a nuke even faster. in the end it will be dem rhetoric which gets us all in hotwater |
The insanity never ends does it Dude.
The blame shift and "ooooh I'm a helpless pussy who can't do anything because the Big BAD dems ruined Iran!"
You are a cowardly cockless fuck and you should jump off of a bridge.
Or better yet, go be target practice for some Iraqis who are pissed that we are occupying their country. |
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| Ass Boil |
Care to post some quotes to back up that most retarded comment, DOUCHE-HERE?
That is by far the Dumbest fucking thing you have ever posted here.
Please climb onto the roof of your double wide and wait for the next tornado to strike.
moron. |
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| DUDE-HERE |
Quote: Originally posted by artiel
The insanity never ends does it Dude.
The blame shift and "ooooh I'm a helpless pussy who can't do anything because the Big BAD dems ruined Iran!"
You are a cowardly cockless fuck and you should jump off of a bridge.
Or better yet, go be target practice for some Iraqis who are pissed that we are occupying their country. |
blame shift..you fucks do that all day and your parents should have jumped off a bridge 40 years ago |
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| DUDE-HERE |
Quote: Originally posted by Ass Boil
Care to post some quotes to back up that most retarded comment, DOUCHE-HERE?
That is by far the Dumbest fucking thing you have ever posted here.
Please climb onto the roof of your double wide and wait for the next tornado to strike.
moron. |
why bother .go look it up yourself
look under murtha or reid i think biden has said quite recently as well on meet the press
and go suck howie deans cock |
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| zimmie |
Quote: Originally posted by Ass Boil
Well said Abba. 2/3 of all bankruptcies in this country are caused medical bills.... that is inexcusable in the wealthiest country on the planet. |
lmao.....lets see the medical bills, not listen to people's lame excuses...sure, that accounts for some, but 2/3rds?.............no way, not even close |
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| artiel |
Quote: Originally posted by DUDE-HERE
blame shift..you fucks do that all day and your parents should have jumped off a bridge 40 years ago |
Generalization... (you fucks)
You say things as though they mean something, but the problem is that you have NO credibility, everyone on an internet bulletin board knows that you are a fucking joke. Now, THAT is pretty bad.
Just as a side not (although it doesn't matter) I shift no blame from anyone, including myself when I screw up. I not only don't make apologies for democrats but I feel that they should be hung from the public square just like the republicans when they are found to be embezzling the people's money or sending innocents off to die so that they can subvert public funds to their buddies.
It just so happens that the republicans are the ones that are in power right now (or at least have been for a long time) so it is THEIR buddies that are making out like bandits.
Check your expectations at the door with me, faggot. I hate telling people to kill themselves, but you really should think about it. |
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| DUDE-HERE |
Quote: Originally posted by artiel
Generalization... (you fucks)
You say things as though they mean something, but the problem is that you have NO credibility, everyone on an internet bulletin board knows that you are a fucking joke. Now, THAT is pretty bad.
Just as a side not (although it doesn't matter) I shift no blame from anyone, including myself when I screw up. I not only don't make apologies for democrats but I feel that they should be hung from the public square just like the republicans when they are found to be embezzling the people's money or sending innocents off to die so that they can subvert public funds to their buddies.
It just so happens that the republicans are the ones that are in power right now (or at least have been for a long time) so it is THEIR buddies that are making out like bandits.
Check your expectations at the door with me, faggot. I hate telling people to kill themselves, but you really should think about it. |
buddys like diane finestein ? |
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| harley-davidson |
| Quote: lmao.....lets see the medical bills, not listen to people's lame excuses...sure, that accounts for some, but 2/3rds?.............no way, not even close |
Yes it is close, and a lot of it is people that HAD insurance and ran out of benefits, if your on a policy from an employer and you have a limited lifetime benefit of say 1 million dollars, in a nutshell, if you have a major medical emergency like cancer or a car accident that requires long extended care and hospital stay, you are fucked....period..... another example same scenario , you rack up 1/4 to 1/2 million in medical expenses and the insurance is a 80/20 deal....again...you're fucked |
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| artiel |
Quote: Originally posted by DUDE-HERE
buddys like diane finestein ? |
Sure, why not? That's the difference between me and you.
I don't give a fuck what party the creeps that are stealing my money are from. You think of everything in terms of us vs them...
And them is whoever Rush Limbaugh tells you it is. Arabs, liberals, dems, Mexicans, Ron Paul....
Get educated or kill yourself.
..... hmm... we should make that the new motto for the public school system. |
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| DUDE-HERE |
Quote: Originally posted by artiel
Sure, why not? That's the difference between me and you.
I don't give a fuck what party the creeps that are stealing my money are from. You think of everything in terms of us vs them...
And them is whoever Rush Limbaugh tells you it is. Arabs, liberals, dems, Mexicans, Ron Paul....
Get educated or kill yourself.
..... hmm... we should make that the new motto for the public school system. |
1st off i never hear rush because he is on the same time as howard is in LA dumb shit...and you get your thoughts from your asshole |
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| artiel |
Quote: Originally posted by DUDE-HERE
1st off i never hear rush because he is on the same time as howard is in LA dumb shit...and you get your thoughts from your asshole |
Not much to say about that eh?....
Didn't think so. |
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| Ass Boil |
Quote: Originally posted by zimmie
lmao.....lets see the medical bills, not listen to people's lame excuses...sure, that accounts for some, but 2/3rds?.............no way, not even close |
I had it wrong, zimmie. It was HALF of the bankruptcies caused by medical bills or illness and 2/3 of those people HAD INSURANCE!!
Zimmie eats shit again....
Medical Bills Leading Cause of Bankruptcy, Harvard Study Finds
February 3, 2005
Illness and medical bills caused half of the 1,458,000 personal bankruptcies in 2001, according to a study published by the journal Health Affairs.
The study estimates that medical bankruptcies affect about 2 million Americans annually -- counting debtors and their dependents, including about 700,000 children.
Surprisingly, most of those bankrupted by illness had health insurance. More than three-quarters were insured at the start of the bankrupting illness. However, 38 percent had lost coverage at least temporarily by the time they filed for bankruptcy.
Most of the medical bankruptcy filers were middle class; 56 percent owned a home and the same number had attended college. In many cases, illness forced breadwinners to take time off from work -- losing income and job-based health insurance precisely when families needed it most.
Families in bankruptcy suffered many privations -- 30 percent had a utility cut off and 61 percent went without needed medical care.
The research, carried out jointly by researchers at Harvard Law School and Harvard Medical School, is the first in-depth study of medical causes of bankruptcy. With the cooperation of bankruptcy judges in five Federal districts (in California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas) they administered questionnaires to bankruptcy filers and reviewed their court records.
Dr. David Himmelstein, the lead author of the study and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard commented: "Unless you're Bill Gates you're just one serious illness away from bankruptcy. Most of the medically bankrupt were average Americans who happened to get sick."
Today's health insurance policies -- with high deductibles, co-pays, and many exclusions -- offer little protection during a serious illness. Uncovered medical bills averaged $13,460 for those with private insurance at the start of their illness. People with cancer had average medical debts of $35,878.
"The paradox is that the costliest health system in the world performs so poorly. We waste one-third of every health care dollar on insurance bureaucracy and profits while two million people go bankrupt annually and we leave 45 million uninsured" said Dr. Quentin Young, national coordinator of Physicians for a National Health Program.
"With national health insurance ('Medicare for All'), we could provide comprehensive, lifelong coverage to all Americans for the same amount we are spending now and end the cruelty of ruining families financially when they get sick."
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news...ptcy_study.html
zimmie---->>>> |
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| Ass Boil |
Quote: Originally posted by DUDE-HERE
why bother .go look it up yourself
look under murtha or reid i think biden has said quite recently as well on meet the press
and go suck howie deans cock |
Just admit you don't have any quotes. Don't embarass yourself any more than you already have.... |
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| harley-davidson |
Quote: had it wrong, zimmie. It was HALF of the bankruptcies caused by medical bills or illness and 2/3 of those people HAD INSURANCE!!
Zimmie eats shit again....
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I'd like to know what planet zimmie lives on that this isn't common knowledge to him ? I knew your figure was coming in a little high at 2/3 , but really, is 50-60 % any better ? |
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| Ass Boil |
Quote: Originally posted by harley-davidson
I'd like to know what planet zimmie lives on that this isn't common knowledge to him ? I knew your figure was coming in a little high at 2/3 , but really, is 50-60 % any better ? |
Yeah, I got the 2/3 of those being insured confused with the 50% caused by medical reasons.... That's what happens when I'm away from my computer :p |
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