Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 08:11:09 -0500 From: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams) Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Great American Gas Out Message-ID: <200003050042.TAA15899@etinc.com> In-Reply-To: <200003041752.KAA09600@nomad.yogotech.com> References: <200003041741.MAA15002@etinc.com> <20000304101212.A384@internode.com.au> <38BFEEA8.1A465CFC@softweyr.com> <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452201313909@l04.research.kpn.com> <4.2.2.20000304091423.040b5590@localhost> <200003041741.MAA15002@etinc.com>
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Nate W. wrote... >> I think you've been reading too much of that commie literature they have >> out there on the West Coast. Gas taxes are designed to pay for roads and >> highways, and you have lots more infrastructure in LA than you do in >> Wyoming. The more you drive, the more you pay. Makes sense to me. > >This sounds good, except for the fact that Wyoming has the fewest >people/capita of all states, and has more roads miles/person that all of >CA. Therefore, their gas tax for roads is higher than that in CA. >(Montana's gas tax is similar, hence my familiarity with it.) > >The reason gas is so expensive is CA is because a couple of refineries >blew up last year, and due to the monopolies shared by the gas >companies, there was no-one lef to take up the 'demand' when they quit >producing. > >Demand stayed the same, production was reduced, price goes up. Simple >economics.. It also goes up sometimes because the State decides its a good way to raise some revenues. I write off gas so its not so bad as long as it helps keep income taxes down :-) Dennis To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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