Big thanks to republicans

[Bobby Headrick]

Yes I agree that we should not tell business how much profit they should make, I am all about making money but not to the extent that it hurts others. When it comes to products that are nessacary like gas/oil/ meds/ and health care/food/utilitys then thats where some form of check needs to be made. When there are times like it is now big oil should be helping the country instead of their shareholders. Just my opinion. I would not have such a bad taste for these profits if the main suppliers for oil were not terrorist nations.

[stratosjoe]

Stupid question from a stupid person,,,, With the gas and diesel at the level they are now is the gas tax charged by the gallon a flat cost per gallon or a percentage of the cost per gallon?

[Moose1am]

Good question. I wish I knew the answer to this question.

I just know that the price of a barrel of oil and a gallon of gasoline is way too high for my small budget.

I wish I could drive more without it costing me an arm and a leg.

Putting over 60 bucks worth of gas into the tank of the old truck it killing my fun.

I don't have enough money left over to buy what I really want. That Pentax 10 mega pixel digital SLR camera and lens, the Humminbird 1197 Side scanning Sonar unit and a new truck!

Thinking about donating my body for medical research to earn a few extra bucks.... nah.... I'll pass on that idea..... Who knows what the effects of those new medicines can have on the human body. Besides the Dr that heads up that program gave me a physical exam for the asbestos business and I compared his work to another doctor who gave me the same type of exam. The latter doctor didn't do a good job IMHO. So there is no way I would trust him to conduct medical experiments on this guy's body. His medical exam was rushed and inadequate at best as compared to my first doctor who did a through and excellent examination.

In any case if the tax is based on the price of gasoline sold then there should be more money in the State coffers to help fix the roads. The only problem with this is that oil is needed to make asphalt to fix the roads. And we know that as oil prices rise so does the price of asphalt. And the trucks used to haul the new asphalt to the job site have to buy the more expensive gasoline or diesel fuel to get there. So cost for building those new roadways or repairing the older roads has gone up

Barack Obama wants to give Detroit help in building newer electric hybrid cars and to help companies research and produce better batteries for these new electric cars. He wants to get the USA off foreign oil in the next ten years. If we all work together and follow his lead we can accomplish that ambiguous goal.

Stupid question from a stupid person,,,, With the gas and diesel at the level they are now is the gas tax charged by the gallon a flat cost per gallon or a percentage of the cost per gallon?

[zx150]

The way we get all the old politicians out of office is vote! Work on someone's campaign who you are backing.

I think big oil has a monopoly on us right now they know the new technology is close to being here and I think that they are making as much money as they can while we are so dependant on them.

I think in 10 years the hybrid and electric cars will be the majority no matter who wins the election. Because the auto makers know what we want.

I saw a thing on the evening news where the cost of making a McDonald's double cheese burger is up like 20% over the past year. It is forcing Mcd's to give smaller portions or raise the prices.

Who knows what the future holds.

[Stonewall2002]

Stupid question from a stupid person,,,, With the gas and diesel at the level they are now is the gas tax charged by the gallon a flat cost per gallon or a percentage of the cost per gallon?

Most states as well as the federal government charge a tax per gallon, not a percentage of the price per gallon. This averages arround .20 a gallon combined. Im not 100% sure about this rate, but it is close.