3 Dec 2022 4:28 am
The federal government taxes each gallon of gasoline sold 18.4 cents.IkeBana » 02 Dec 2022, 8:43 am » wrote: ↑ So, the national average for a gallon of regular today is $3.45. Some of us pay more, some of us pay less but that's the average from sea to shining sea. I'm not expecting anybody to thank Biden for the drop in prices, since I don't expect anybody to blame him. And I'll tell you why...
Right now the US is producing more than twice as many barrels perday as it produced in 2008. So let's not hear any fossil fuel propaganda about the impact of the shuttering of the Keystone XL pipleline.
The price of crude two months ago was $120/bbl, today it sits at $75/bbl, and again, the average gallon of gas is at $3.45. What was the average cost of a gallon of gas the last time crude was at $75? It was $2.80/gal.
So why isn't gas going for $2.80/gal? Because big oil is ripping us off for obscene profits. Why is inflation so bad? Because big oil and the rest of corporate America is ripping us off for the highest corporate profits in US history, by a country mile.
But right now, in this thread, we're talking about big oil, an heroic American industry according to fossil fuel loving MAGA/Q_ANON alt-right conjobs...ripping us off.
The state of California taxes each gallon of gasoline $1..18.
Earlier this year, an analysis by Irvine based researchers Stillwater Associates found Californians were paying at least $1.18 cents per gallon in taxes and fees alone. That number fluctuates by a few cents depending on sales tax calculations, which vary by city.Here is a full breakdown of the added cost:
- Taxes:
Federal Excise Tax: 18 cents per gallon
State Excise Tax: 51 cents per gallon
Sales Tax (estimated): 10 cents per gallon - Fees:
Low Carbon Gas Programs: 22 cents per gallon
Greenhouse Gas Programs: 15 cents per gallon
Underground Tank Storage: 2 cents per gallon
https://ktla.com/news/taxes-fees-make-u ... alifornia/
Here is each states taxes on a gallon of gasoline sold:
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas ... s/2997152/
Who is ripping the sheople off?