Why?
Why?
Because prices are set by supply and demand, not costs. Cutting taxes in that environment (when prices are regulating demand in line with tightened supply) would only increase the profits in the gasoline supply chain, not reduce prices. I'm all for lower taxes, but let's not advocate them under false presumptions. That Georgia joined the chorus against 'gouging' in gasoline prices after the gas pipelines to the southeast were shut down in the wake of Katrina tells me Purdue doesn't get it, or is happy to play off the general ignorance of the public. Neither are particularly attractive.