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Old 08-09-2005, 11:11 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RidinHighSpeeds
One of my favorite sites, howstuffworks.com

http://money.howstuffworks.com/gas-price2.htm

"Federal excise taxes are 18.4 cents per gallon, and state excise taxes average 20 cents per gallon."



Source: U.S. Department of Energy

That is a great stat/chart. The point is we could have easily bumped that up to 30 cents federal tax back in the 90's and been just fine. Countries in Europe are still paying closer to 4-6 dollars a gallon and have been for a while. We are spoiled rotten... we could be using taxes on gasoline to pay for many crucially needed social programs.
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