Comment on: Re: Are rising gas prices inevitable?

Bigthink — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:00:28 +0100

Some of the taxes on petroleum based products varies state-to-state in the U.S. I live in Missouri and occasionally a gas station in the area is announced as having the cheapest gas in the country. Consequently, we have some pretty rough highways at time. Since I live about 20 blocks from Kansas, many Kansas residents will come to Missouri for cheaper gas.

I don't know why our government subsidizes the oil companies to the extent they do. It doesn't make sense for the government, which is cutting services (just ask an Iraq war veteran who's been at Walter Reed), when Exxon/Mobile has reported astronomical profits.

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