[Clinging Bitterly]

Oh, and I wouldn't characterize this as an attack on freedom.
This has been in place here for a very long time, at least since the 1920s. Possibly a reaction to some self-fueling catastrophe somewhere outside of the state (for I know we have had none here), or it may have been an industry recommendation common at the time. History for our state going back that far is kind of fuzzy, because our legislature keeps rewriting it.

I remember when more states did not allow self service, and there's no rule that all the states have to have the same laws. We don't have sales tax either, probably because the legislature can't just enact one, it needs to be approved by the voters. Sometimes I wish our legislature realized that just because other states want to jump off of a cliff, we don't have to.

Dave in Eugene

[Orange1998]

Dave, I think you are incorrect "We don't have sales tax either, probably because the legislature can't just enact one, it needs to be approved by the voters.."

Every state I know of charges gasoline sales tax. West Virginia the highest and Georgia the lowest.