Can anybody confirm how Fuel Taxes are charged are the a % of the cost of Gasoline and Diesel or are the Cents per gallon. If they are a percentage % of the price the Federal Government and State Government are cleaning up n the user when they are buying Gas or Diesel. I am a little confused on this. Can somebody confirm.
If its a percentage % then Obama is collecting lots of money from all of us and should stop crying about the high cost as he is the cause of the high cost. Dr. Chu wants $8.00 per gallon as the Federal Government is then making a big cash windfall from the tax collection.
Remember that electric vehicle are not paying for highways and bridges as they are not paying fuel tax.
Definitely cents per gallon. Been that way since the beginning of the progressives’ magical Highway Trust Fund; and even if it were a percentage, it wouldn’t get rid of deficits. More social engineering that just ain’t worked out like they thought it would . . .
Its so many cents per gallon, at least in my state, it is not a percentage. Remember, up until recently gas was pretty cheap, no way they would have risked tax rates at a percentage of price, that’s too unpredictable for funding purposes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_tax#United_States
United States
State Diesel Taxes, April 2009Fuel taxes in the United States vary by state. The United States federal excise tax on gasoline, as of February 2011, is 18.4 cents per gallon (4.86 ¢/L) and 24.4 cents per gallon (6.45 ¢/L) for diesel fuel. In January 2011, motor gasoline taxes averaged 48.1 cents per gallon (12.71 ¢/L) and diesel fuel taxes averaged 53.1 cents per gallon (14.03 ¢/L).[9] For the first quarter of 2009, the mean state gasoline tax is 27.2 cents per US gallon, plus 18.4 cents per US gallon federal tax making the total 45.6 cents per US gallon (12.0 ¢/L). For diesel, the mean state tax is 26.6 cents per US gallon plus an additional 24.4 cents per US gallon federal tax making the total 50.8 cents US per gallon (13.4 ¢/L).[10] There are also a few states and municipalities that charge sales tax on top of the excise taxes and the retail price.