Gas prices and taxes

jerrywh818

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=oregon+gas+tax
State taxes
State Gasoline tax (excludes federal tax of 18.4?/gal) Diesel tax (excludes federal tax of 24.4?/gal)
North Dakota 23.00 23.00
Ohio 28.00 28.00
Oklahoma 17.00 14.00
Oregon 31.12 30.36

spasmcreek

isn't fuel cost mostly taxes anyway....so where were all the taxes wasted when gas was at shoot the moon prices ????????? what do you mean we got potholes ??????

jerrywh818

This tax is at the retail level. there are other taxes on gas before it gets to the retail level.

discusdad

ah the answer is quite elementary. #1 when prices are high, and the economy is weak, not as much is sold. instead of a fill up its a 1/2 talk full or even just a day's worth. either way the quantity sold per customer is less.. #2 CAFE standards since the inception of high fuel mileage standards, more miles driven are being squeezed out of a gallon of gas. #3 cash for clunkers....remember the program to get those nasty polluting inefficient cars off the road? a lot of gas guzzlers went to the scrap heap. #4 labor costs and materials cost more today than before so you get fewer potholes repaired per tax dollar
all of this has contributed to less gallons sold, thus less tax receipts.quote:Originally posted by spasmcreek
isn't fuel cost mostly taxes anyway....so where were all the taxes wasted when gas was at shoot the moon prices ????????? what do you mean we got potholes ??????

Mr. Perfect

Be glad you don't have to buy in WA. Second highest in the nation behind PA. NY is third.

spasmcreek

i have ALWAYS driven on the top half

wpageabc

So you add the 19 fed tax to your state tax here its 26 and rising. Gov makes more than the oil company...

Go figure!

bpost

And don't forget sales taxes are added to the total in most states too!

They add insult to injury, then rub salt into the wound.

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Oakie

We just got a 23 cent raise in our gas tax, thank you very much liberals. All going to fund highway projects, I mean slush funds, I mean into the pockets of corrupt politicians, I mean the public troth. One of these, you pick.[:(!]

47studebaker

quote:Originally posted by Mr. Perfect
Be glad you don't have to buy in WA. Second highest in the nation behind PA. NY is third.


we're number 1, we're number 1, yeah !


I think the PA tax is going up again in Jan.

wiplash

quote:Originally posted by Oakie
We just got a 23 cent raise in our gas tax, thank you very much liberals. All going to fund highway projects, I mean slush funds, I mean into the pockets of corrupt politicians, I mean the public troth. One of these, you pick.[:(!]


We have that Highway Robbery Tax here also, and to add insult to injury, they made it to where you cannot make two green lights in a row anymore! Most of the Gas is ate up just sitting at red lights.[:(!]

notnow

I live in PA, 15 mi.from the WV border. I fill up every weekend there. .20 to .30 per gallon cheaper. It just depends on what the stations around here are charging as to how much I save.