The Real Gas Price Gouger (Imagine you had to spend50c in taxes for every $1 you spent on groceries)

The American Prowler ^ | 3/16/2006 | Eric Peters

[norraad]

I'm wit you, I too a lower paying job just to be closer to home.

The gain in personal time and less money to commute is well worth it.

[Holicheese]

Any car brainiacs out there who can answer this:

What would happen if you dump a gallon of moonshine (175 proof) in with 13 gallons of gas?
Would this turn the car into a fireball?
Better mileage or gum up your engine?

[Malsua]

Better mileage or gum up your engine?

It would probably run fine. Mileage would go down some and you might have some issues with seals and gaskets on older vehicles. You might also trash your fuel filter.

[Holicheese]

Thanks for the info.

[Clemenza]

Different story if you are an independent contracter and must use your car to go to work. If you look at my subsequent posts, you will see that I wasn't talking about folks such as yourself.

[poobear]

I'm not an independent contractor, but a Corporation.

Thank you for your comments but nothing is simple. If you can do something positive to help a matter then great. But to standardize or put up a blueprint for solving societies problems by making a rather black and white statement reminds me of my zealous college years back in the late 70's. A lot of passion but no substance. I am speaking for myself of course.

I just read this and realized I'm tired. Working since 5:00 A.M. will do that to you. Payroll is tomorrow and Uncle Sam can hardly wait for my monthly matching employee SS payments and Medicare, not to mention my Federal Unemployment..... and so on. BTW my vehicle get 27 MPG. 2001 model with only 34,000 miles. I do what I can.

Thanks for your rebuttal. Now off to my other role as wife and mother. Like I said, I do what I can.

[pollyannaish]

FINALLY!

High gas prices keep getting blamed on President Bush in this state.

Truth is, our *cough* esteemed *cough governor used the opportunity to raise gas prices over the objection of the public and is sitting on a surplus.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Of course, we're supposed to be calmed by the rationale that all this money being extracted from us is used for the upkeep and expansion of our transportation infrastructure -- building new roads and maintaining existing ones. But our roads are in disrepair and increasingly over-crowded. Our money doesn't seem to be going very far. (Or perhaps it is merely going into the pockets of well-connected no-bid contractors?) At least part of that $50 billion extraction is diverted into "safety" programs -- whatever that means.

Not to mention, some state transportation funds get raided by greedy legislatures looking to spend the money elsewhere...

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

The 35 to 50 cents Mr. Peters gives for state gas taxes sounds a little high, judging by some of the examples I've read about (17.5 cents for VA, 23.5 for MD, 29.9 for NC, 20.0 for TX), although I hear it's now 46 cents in NY, IIRC. I wonder where he gets his figure from?