Proxus:
It always annoys me to see USA whine about gas prices.
You pay about $5 for gallon for gas, I just filled up for $1.70, about 0.85 goes to government taxes.
Why are your gas prices so high in Iceland, or the U.K. or other countries ?
You should look into this, it could be:
- Big mutli-national oil companies are ripping you off.
- Lack of refineries in your area or distribution.
- High government taxes on your gas.
I think the government is heavily taxing you on gas. If you don’t like it then become politically active. If you live in a democracy you can make a difference.
I suspect your government needs these taxes for socialist programs, so if taxes rollback on gas they will increase elsewhere unless you reduce spending programs or increase businesses as to gain more tax revenue without raising taxes.