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May 27, 2006
Gov't Profits more from Gas Prices than do Oil Companies
Check out this great blog by Andrew Chamberlin of the Tax Foundation comparing government tax revenues from gasoline taxes to oil industry profits, with a nice graph. Only a couple of times in the last 25 years have the oil companies made more profit than the gas taxes have made for governments.
Gas taxes as a means of reasonably funding roads makes sense. But this bit of data should give rational people pause before they lambaste oil profiteers. 'Cause the real moneymakers are the government.
Another reason people should question their impulse to ask the feds to "do something" about high gasoline prices. Do you really want to give them power over that, too?
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Comment by: Sten44841 at January 26, 2007 07:55 AM
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Comment by: Sten30826 at January 28, 2007 04:04 AM
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I just don't have much to say recently. Such is life. I've basically been doing nothing. Basically nothing seems worth bothering with. Oh well.
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Comment by: Sten42540 at January 29, 2007 01:04 AM
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I feel like a complete blank, but I don't care. Pfft. I've pretty much been doing nothing worth mentioning.
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Comment by: Sten66940 at February 1, 2007 12:33 PM
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Not much on my mind lately. My life's been completely boring these days. I've just been hanging out not getting anything done. So it goes.
Comment by: Sten98534 at February 1, 2007 04:05 PM
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Not much on my mind lately. My life's been completely boring these days. I've just been hanging out not getting anything done. So it goes.
Comment by: Sten98534 at February 1, 2007 04:07 PM
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I just don't have much to say these days, but so it goes. Today was a total loss. I guess it doesn't bother me.
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I just don't have much to say these days, but so it goes. Today was a total loss. I guess it doesn't bother me.
Comment by: Sten97330 at February 3, 2007 07:40 AM
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I haven't been up to much today. I've just been letting everything happen without me. Basically nothing seems worth bothering with. I've just been hanging out doing nothing. I just don't have anything to say right now. More or less nothing happening.
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Basically nothing noteworthy happening right now, but eh. Today was a complete loss. I haven't been up to much recently. I've pretty much been doing nothing worth mentioning.
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Comment by: Sten6771 at February 5, 2007 04:34 PM
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Comment by: Sten7801 at February 5, 2007 07:10 PM
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I can't be bothered with anything these days, but shrug. I just don't have anything to say recently. I haven't gotten much done recently. Nothing seems worth thinking about.
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I've just been staying at home waiting for something to happen. Whatever. Not much on my mind lately. I guess it doesn't bother me.
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Comment by: Sten23453 at February 6, 2007 08:15 AM
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