WOOOOOOOOO Hoooooooooo $2.98/gal

[skargo]

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I don't want to speak for "nathanglasgow", but the only real difference in gasoline price, is tax. We all buy from the same wells, for basically the same prices.

It is only federal, regional and local taxes that makes up the differences in prices paid world wide.

It ranges from 20cents a gallon to $40+, it just all depends how many hands it passes through, are the supply channels official, or black market, and how much tax the government puts on it.

Some countries subsidize the cost of gasoline to drive the economy, some tax excessively to drive there uncontrolled spending. The U.S. lays somewhere in the middle.

Unfortunately most governments don't look at the effects of high prices on the economy, they look at the additional taxes to be had for them to spend.

The quickest way to cut gas prices, is to cut gas taxes.

In Germany there used to be a small sign on each pump telling you how much you really paid for gas, and how much you just gave the State (over 80% of the liter price). It was an attempt to cut down on the violence aimed at the local dealers caused by the frustration of people who had to have gas to get to work, but were having to cut back on food to pay for it.

They just said don't blame us, blame the politicians for continually dipping into your pocket to support their excesses.

I was actually wondering about taxes because he mentioned free healthcare and unemployment benefits.

Gas prices coming down just before an election... yeah... we're not falling for that one again... to quote:

Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on you? You ain't gonna fool me no more!

It has nothing to do with the elections. Tell me, which party are the lower prices helping and how?

It's a common myth that prices go down during elections, and it's just not factual.

 

[SnappingTurtle]

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I was actually wondering about taxes because he mentioned free healthcare and unemployment benefits.

Once again I can only speak from life here. NOTHING is FREE here, nor is it paid for from gas taxes.

I pay out of my monthly check after taxes, sick insurance and unemployment insurance. The cost for me is way over what the private insurance cost in the States is for me.

Then you have to accept that the German mandatory insurance covers almost nothing anymore, that means you have to pay the rest out of your pocket, or pay for extra private insurance (double the cost of what comparable insurance is in the States). It is also next to impossible to find a Doctor that will take you as a patient if you are not privately insured.

Unemployment is the same, you get less than a tenth out, of what you have paid into the government insurance. Socialism is a scam. The only people who benefit are the government employees.

Germany has the most expensive government of all the 21 industrialized nations. This is what the gas tax feeds.

 

[skargo]

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Once again I can only speak from life here. NOTHING is FREE here, nor is it paid for from gas taxes.

I pay out of my monthly check after taxes, sick insurance and unemployment insurance. The cost for me is way over what the private insurance cost in the States is for me.

Then you have to accept that the German mandatory insurance covers almost nothing anymore, that means you have to pay the rest out of your pocket, or pay for extra private insurance (double the cost of what comparable insurance is in the States). It is also next to impossible to find a Doctor that will take you as a patient if you are not privately insured.

Unemployment is the same, you get less than a tenth out, of what you have paid into the government insurance. Socialism is a scam. The only people who benefit are the government employees.

Germany has the most expensive government of all the 21 industrialized nations. This is what the gas tax feeds.

Sounds rough over there.

I understand from the debate last night(so it may not be true) that businesses in the US are taxed more than any businesses elsewhere in the world.

As a small business owner, this concerns me.

 

[pduquette]

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Got my fillup today Amarro's Shell - just across the street from the E.Taunton ,MA P.O. .........$2.59/9 And just ordered the trailet hitch for my car Seasons not over yet!!!!!

 

[aspeck]

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Just traveled from CO to PA ... it is $2.99 here (was $3.29 when we headed out west). Cheapest place we saw was at a QT store just east of Kansas City, Missouri where the price was $2.479.

 

[tashasdaddy]

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don't get into politics here!!!!

 

[SnappingTurtle]

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don't get into politics here!!!!

Who, me?

 

[cdnfthree2]

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Still falling here. Today 10/19/08 it's $2.429

 

[ezbtr]

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$3.24 here at Arco......

 

[ne7800]

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it's down to $2.99 here this weekend

 

[abj87]

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its 2.50 for reg and 3.47 for diesel here in maine.

 

[Barnacle_Bill]

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Paid $2.32 in Ga the other day. Ga was cheaper than Fla and the Carolinas.

 

[ezbtr]

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3.39 on todays 11.5 gal fill up - 27 mpg, that was with economy mode selected on tranny, back to performance mode , I think I was puttin my foot into it more.....

 

[Mark42]

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$2.75 this morning. Boy we are still taking the shaft here in the north east.

 

[Kenny1970]

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Go to gasbuddy.com and it will tell you the cheepest in your town .
Looks like it is cheepest in Corpus Christi so far at 2.09

 

[NelsonQ]

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$2.75 this morning. Boy we are still taking the shaft here in the north east.

Up here in Ottawa which has some of the cheaper gas in Canada, we're paying $3.57 CDN, which with the exchange rate falls to $3.00 USD

 

[Gary H NC]

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Paid $2.32 in Ga the other day. Ga was cheaper than Fla and the Carolinas.

Same pipeline that caused our shortage in NC....(its all BS)
We are still about 3.15 here.
What a money making racket for the big oil companies!
NC is still one of the highest priced areas in the country.
we are REALLY getting the shaft!!

 

[zach103]

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2.55 cash 2.65 credit.. i hate how they do that cuz i wanna fill my tannk up all the way and im not gunna know how much that is and then they make you pay with the cash before you bump. so i always just use credit. it sucsk

 

[skargo]

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2.55 cash 2.65 credit.. i hate how they do that cuz i wanna fill my tannk up all the way and im not gunna know how much that is and then they make you pay with the cash before you bump. so i always just use credit. it sucsk

There is a very good reason for that. We just bought a gas station, and if everyone paid with credit cards, the station operators wouldn't make anything on a gallon of fuel.
It's bad enough now, with the oil companies and the government and the CC companies making tons of money on the high price of fuel. The station owners barely make a thing on a gallon of fuel, and CC are a killer.

We still have the same price for both, but not sure how long I will keep that policy. People already think we are rolling in money which we aren't.

If you want to fill it up with cash, you do know you can give the cashier extra money and walk back in and get your change when done? It's what I do when filling my diesel truck.

 

[SnappingTurtle]

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Found this in my links folder. I forgot I had it.

Great for planning those long distant road trips, or just to see how your area compares with others.

My brother complained for years about the local station ripping him off, and how he hated the family that ran the station for doing so. When I repeatedly pointed out it was not them, that set the prices, and gasoline sales were there only to bring traffic to their small store, he would get mad at me for supporting "big gas".

As the previous poster pointed out, small stations make money on other sales, not gas.

When he found out that he was really paying way under the national average , he finally shut up.

Anyway, here it is ...

... The “USA National Gas Temperature Map” (updated daily)

http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx

Let us know if it is accurate for your area.