Gas prices
Ugghhh. They're killing us. But unlike eveyone else who blames the "evil oil companies" I place a lot more blame on the gov't. We keep hearing how the gov't is going after the oil companies for making such huge profits but I read that, on average, oil companies make between 7-9 cents profit on every gallon of gas. Now compare that to how much tax the gov't gets from a gallon of gas.
http://www.gaspricewatch.com/usgastaxes.asp
http://api-ec.api.org/filelibrary/Gasoline-taxes.pdf
http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2005/10/gas_taxes_excee.html
Now, tell me who is ripping us off the most.
http://www.gaspricewatch.com/usgastaxes.asp
http://api-ec.api.org/filelibrary/Gasoline-taxes.pdf
http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2005/10/gas_taxes_excee.html
Now, tell me who is ripping us off the most.