"Tim J." wrote in message
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Danl typed:
"Dave LaCourse" wrote in message
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Gas prices are high, but they are high worldwide. Get the Dems to
allow drilling off of California and Alaska and the price of gas
would go down. Take away the last fed gas tax ($.50/gallon) voted
in by Al Gore when the Senate was dead-locked at 50/50, and your gas
would be alot cheaper. I don't know about your math, but that would
be $12 less a tank where I buy gas. Ya think those folks at WM you
are so concerned about could find something to do with that $12?


Hmmmm....if you're paying .50/gallon or more Federal gas tax, you
must be special. The latest figures I can find have the fed gas tax
at .184/gallon. What did I miss, Dave? When did Al Gore increase the
Fed gas tax by fifty cents a gallon?

I don't know about your math and ....errr...I don't think you do
either BSEG

http://www.gaspricewatch.com/usgastaxes.asp

http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/1054.html

Yeah, I didn't quite understand that math either. In most states, the
state tax exceeds the fed.

http://tinyurl.com/r4pce

Add the two together and you get close to that $.50 figure.
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TL,
Tim
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Oh, BTW, the federal tax on gasoline more than tripled (that means "times
3", Dave) from 4 cents per gallon in 1982 to 14.1 cents per gallon in 1991.
I believe that Mr. Reagan and Mr. Bush (the smart one) held the veto power
during this period of time. Mr. Gore was too busy inventing the internet to
cast any deciding votes in a 50/50 split congress at the time.

Danl
http://api-ep.api.org/filelibrary/Hi...01918-2002.pdf