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To: thackney

Thanks! I live in Texas, so my per gallon of gasoline “pain at the pump” is 20 cents.

Back in the 1990’s, Zipper-Boy Clinton added a Federal 5 cents a gallon to our “pain at the pump.”

Either Florida never got the news, or (GASP!) the politicians juggled the figures, as your hotlink shows that Florida is only paying 4 cents a gallon of pure Federal Pain.


20 posted on 02/29/2012 1:56:41 PM PST by Graewoulf (( obama"care" violates the 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND is illegal by the U.S. Constitution.))
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To: Graewoulf

State taxes are on top of Federal Taxes.

For example, Gasoline in Alaska:
State Tax = 8¢/gal
Federal Tax = 18.4¢/gal
Total Tax = 26.4¢/gal


21 posted on 02/29/2012 2:08:43 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Graewoulf

Note also, in Florida it is only 4¢/gal of the fixed state gasoline tax, but there was over 30¢/gal in variable taxes also added on to the price. See the right hand column and explanations.

So in Florida, at the time this was assembled, the tax was:
18.4 + 4 + 30.4 = 52.8¢/gal.

But that 30.4¢ is a variable term that goes up when the price goes up.


23 posted on 02/29/2012 2:12:38 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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