WWAY TV, A Bit Biased On Gas?
Drivers are fuming about high gas prices Let's see their opening paragraph talks about Exxon-Mobil's record profit but doesn't tell you how much per gallon they make. Do you know how much Exxon-Mobil makes on a gallon of gas? I tell you, it's about 4.5 cents, the average between the big 4 is about 9 cents per gallon. That's right Exxon-Mobil only makes about 5 cent each time you dump a gallon of gas into your tank. Now if you look at the last paragraph of the article it mentions the tax portion of a gallon of gas. The national average of taxes per gallon is about 45 cents. Oh I know the money goes to the roads. Bull, it's suppose to but millions of dollars every year is diverted from highway funds (federal and state) and put to where the government wants it (bridges to nowhere, how fast does ketchup pour etc). Right in NC money is diverted from the Highway Trust Fund every year. $170 million is supposed to be transfered from the HTF to the general fund yearly to replace taxes that where diverted to the HTF. Within a couble of years $80 million more was diverted from the HTF to cover a budget short fall. The following year the legislature took another $125 million on top of the $170 million. Today $252 million is took out of the HTF and put into the GF, yet Easley doesn't want to lower our state's gas tax a few cents because it's for the roads (the last 4 words are said in a low sad voice with you head tilted 45 degrees). It seems to me the opening paragraph should be something like this: BRUNSWICK COUNTY-- It seems the rich get richer and drivers get poorer. Our government gets about $0.40 for every gallon of gas you buy compared to Exxon-Mobil's $0.05. That's tough for many people to hear as they pay more than three bucks a gallon for gas. |
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Comments on "WWAY TV, A Bit Biased On Gas?"
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I heard Hawaii has a law about gas prices -- retailers can't charge more than 10% above wholesale. Hawaii is tied with California for the most expensive gas (above $3 now).
That gets retailers off the hook. It seems that smashing oil companies for the price of retail gasoline is misguided, just as smashing retailers is misguided.
We have to swim further upstream, and realize that world events and economics is the culplrit. Or, we should probably just realize the free market is in charge, and anyone in the oil business, short of any monopolistic practices, can charge whatever they want.
Energy independence, and developing better and renewable sources is what I want.
Thanks.
Yes Hawaii did have a law restricting the price of gas at the pump. But after about 6 months they found that the law was costing the consumer more then if they had not tried to control the price of gas.
I posted on that subject here.
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