[hosepipe]

[ Besides TAXES and the costs of refining, distributing and marketing, there are factors such as local competition among gas stations. ]

Exactly various forms of government makes at least as much as the oil compays do in TAXES..

TAXES on one of the most important drivers of any economy.. ENERGY.. Taxes on energy that ADD NOTHING but only forces prices up.. They get you at the pump and get on the price of ANYTHING retailed..

Taxes on ENERGY(all forms of energy) is the most parasitical tax of all..
It should be outlawed and made a felony to make a law taxing energy in any form..
Maybe a hanging offence and a Constitutional ammendment..

[MarkL]

TAXES on one of the most important drivers of any economy.. ENERGY.. Taxes on energy that ADD NOTHING but only forces prices up.. They get you at the pump and get on the price of ANYTHING retailed..

Due to the taxes in Kansas, gasoline prices tend to be 5 to 9 cents a gallon more than in Missouri. I know that my aunt drives across the state line just for buying gasoline in MO for that very reason. Granted, she doesn't live far from MO, but it hurts tax revenues in KS in border cities.

Mark