Don't you guys get it ?
The poloticians are behind it !
Even with the low gas prices in GA , there are still over $0.25 out of
EVERY gallon of gas that goes directly to federal , state and local taxes
and duties . I would guess that with all the emmisions laws in CA that they
are even higher .
At 05:46 PM 7/10/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Rhyner, Mark wrote:
>>
>> W. Jack Hilton III writes:
>>
>> Oh , guess I forgot to let you guys know what the price of gas is here
>> today.....$0.82 per gallon for reg. unleaded .
>> ----------------------
>>
>> Jack, you suck! <grin> Only kidding.
>>
>> Hell, it's a 21 cent difference just between here (Sierra Vista) and
>> Tucson. Now that really sucks. I don't buy off on the dealer's
>> assertion of transport costs. They're just gouging because they can.
>> And all stations have the same price. If other stores or businesses did
>> the same thing the DoJ would be on them like stink on sh*t.
>
>Around the San Francisco Bay Area(highest prices in the country, BTW),
>they claim the reason is the cost of property to put up a service
>station. Yeah, that might fly if they built very many new ones(which
>they don't), and hadn't bought these properties years ago when prices
>were reasonable(which they did). They used to use the transportation
>cost excuse here as well. But then that doesn't explain why mid-grade
>fuel costs over $1.40/gal. literally within eyesight of the refineries
>here. Transport costs to some mid-country state are certainly higher,
>yet prices at the pump are lower.
>
>The oil companies have us by the balls, plain and simple. They can and
>will charge right up to the level of people bitching *too* much and
>they'll back it off a notch. Of course you'd never get effort on the
>part of any politician to investigate this total sham. Noooo, he or she
>would get run out of town immediately without so much as a bus pass.
>
>Bob
>
>
W . Jack Hilton III
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