Tired of the High Price of Gasoline? - GoFuckYourself.com

Buff · 05-11-2004, 03:06 AM

When you cruise on over to the gas station to fill up your car?s gas tank, you naturally assume that you are paying for gas. What you don?t realize is that over half of what you pay goes to the government in taxes rather than for the gas.

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The federal government adds an excise tax of 18.3 cents on every gallon of gas. Each state then adds an additional excise tax now averaging 19.4 cents per gallon. This adds up to a total of 37.7 cents per gallon.

Based on recent price data from the Energy Information Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy, these taxes account for about 28 percent of what you pay for a gallon of gas at the pump.

For a car with a standard 15 gallon gas tank, a tax of 37.7 cents per gallon adds up to $5.66 per fill-up. The Tax Foundation estimates that the average American household will spend $422 this year on these taxes alone.

But that is not all. The government imposes 43 different direct and indirect taxes on the production and distribution of gas. The total tax burden amounts to 54 percent of the price of a gallon of gas.

DEMAND LOWER TAXES ON GASOLINE!

webseth · 05-11-2004, 03:12 AM

thats cheap. quit your bitching and get an alternative fuel vehicle.

James White · 05-11-2004, 03:15 AM

thats pretty fucked up. My old cars were all turbocharged (heavily modified) .. only got 6MPG on average, im glad i don't drive right now so i dont lose an arm and a leg on these gas prices currently.

StRoGE · 05-11-2004, 03:16 AM

Get a bike

woj · 05-11-2004, 03:16 AM

Jeez, what's all the bitching about?

So you now pay extra 5 whole dollars with each weekly fillup... It's not the end of the world...

RicardoB · 05-11-2004, 03:20 AM

Jeez here in Europe that's normal.

What are you complaining about?

John Hughes · 05-11-2004, 03:26 AM

My truck gets 10 MPG; I just filled it today here in Cali at $2.25 per Gallon.... Not bitching... It's just life.

samuel · 05-11-2004, 03:34 AM

Fire Bush and you will see how world is better...

Samuel

Tania · 05-11-2004, 03:44 AM

i agree get 'a byke you dont have gasoline like on the fucking car

Napolean · 05-11-2004, 03:45 AM

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Originally posted by woj
Jeez, what's all the bitching about?

So you now pay extra 5 whole dollars with each weekly fillup... It's not the end of the world...

i hafta fill-up everyday, it sucks

i deliver pizza's, so every day i put in $10.. on a 4 hour shift im back on E, and probably walk out of the store at the end of the night with about $40-$50. (i miss how much i use to make at dominos)..

so im spending around $100 a week on gas alone

EviLGuY · 05-11-2004, 04:17 AM

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Originally posted by Buff
When you cruise on over to the gas station to fill up your car?s gas tank, you naturally assume that you are paying for gas. What you don?t realize is that over half of what you pay goes to the government in taxes rather than for the gas.

DEMAND LOWER TAXES ON GASOLINE!

but.. but.. Bush gave everyone a whole 300 dollar tax cut!

crockett · 05-11-2004, 05:40 AM

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Originally posted by woj
Jeez, what's all the bitching about?

So you now pay extra 5 whole dollars with each weekly fillup... It's not the end of the world...

I spend close to 30 dollars a day for gas.. I'm driving a Toyota Tacoma 4 door with a v-6.. It may not be the most fuel efficient vehicle, but it's not some huge SUV with a V-8. I think the gas prices are a bit extreme.

It pisses me off I pay taxes on my income, then turn around and pay taxes on what I buy, with the same fucking money I've already paid taxes on. I've also never understood why the fuck I pay close to 35 cents a gallon tax on gas. Why the fuck isn't it the same 6 or 7 cents a dollar like everything else is taxed?

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