$1.84 vs. $1.85

We're down to $2.86 here, but I got gas last week for $2.69 at a Citgo on the Wisconsin line.

Charles of Schaumburg.

Near my house here in So. Cal. it is currently $2.75.

Bush is giving to us for voting against him twice? I hate to see what gas is in Chicago proper. Of course part of the problem is the huge level of tax here in Crook county. (We also have $2.00 county tax on cigarettes, too, thanks to John Stroger Sr now forcibly retired.)

Charles of Schaumburg.

In Seattle $2.69 at ARCO (cash) & Costco.

Since it dropped below 7$US/US gallon here in the UK the people have stopped protesting :)

I'm sure Rob Reiner would love to see the tax at $20 a pack in California. It would be simplest to ban outright all tobacco sales in the US, but then where would all that lovely tax revenue go? The pols would never permit it.....and smokers would rise up in righteous indignation. (What nobody seems to enjoy publicizing is the fact that only about ten percent of smokers get lung cancer, although the other harms of smoking admittedly take their toll, not only in physical problems, but in lots of house fires.)

"Coyoteboy" wrote in news:1157988160.489192.58500 @h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

$2.83 US for a US gallon here in Ontario Canada...

"mack" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:

Health Canada recently determined that the cost to taxpayers for smoking-related health problem is about $5 billion per year. Annual tax revenue from cigarettes is about $9 billion.

So long as this situation persists, the government will be very happy to bully and preach at the public, taxing exorbitantly all the while, secure in the knowledge that their nannyism is having absolutely no effect on their revenues.

Imagine that: They really are getting to have their cake and eat it too.

The primary purpose of taxes is to influence the behavior of people or businesses in the manner the government wants them to act.

"Mark A" wrote in news:OJSdnesPvfBkbpjYnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

Actually, no. The primary purpose of taxes is to pay for services provided by the government. Social engineering is a relatively modern use for taxation.

And in any case, if taxation's job is to affect peoples' tendency to smoke, it's not working very well. The decline in smoking rates has followed about the same slope since the 1950s, before any laws were passed at all.

Apparently the cigarette manufactures are going global with sales to compensate for the decline in US smoking, places like China.

How many Candian cents per litre does that work out to?

Charles of Schaumburg

Right now, about 84 cents/litre.

The price of gas in Ireland was about 85c a litre in May 2003 when we visited there. But the kicker was that the "cents" were 1/100 of a Euro, not a dollar, and at the time the euro was 1.17. (now it's 1.28) Even filling up a small Citroen C-3 cost over $40. (BTW, the little Citroen is a dandy little vehicle, one which my wife would have bought in a heartbeat if it were available in the US. Small on the outside but very commodious cabin, and about 40 mpg more or less.)

High Tech Misfit wrote in news:13c88xjmrvc1y $. snipped-for-privacy@hightech.misfit:

It's now down to 82¢ as of today. I eagerly await the return of the 49¢ we saw in 1985.

Or maybe I should wish for the 75¢ per gallon we had in 1976.

toyomoho wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@no-mx.forums.yourdomain.com.au:

You're not too observant, are you? Or maybe you're just very young.

When we were in Canada last, it was CDN$0.67/litre. And that was when the exchance rate was about CDN$7 to US$5.

CDN$0.70 for Premium

Charles of Schaumburg

Anyone remember "Gas Wars" where the price would drop to $.13 a gal?? Plus you not only got serviced, windows washed, oil & tires checked, but Green Stamps! Ah! The good ol' days.(sigh) doc in Seattle

I remember the very last GAS WAR in Danville, IL. It was 1973. We got the very last tankful of gas at 24.9, the gas station closed for the night and the next day, everyone was 40.9 which was as high as their mechanical computers could go until they started swapping out for Canadian computers, which could go as high as 50.9, apparently because of Imperial gallons.

I remember paying 66.9 for gas for my 72 Carina in 1979, then the next week having to pay 75.9 for gas for my new KE30 Corolla, with prices topping out at 125.9 sometime in 1980.

I remember gas being 86.9 until the day BEFORE Saddam Insane attacked Kuwait, when all of a sudden, every gas outlet in town was called by their distributor and told that they would raise their price to 99.9 effective immediately or they wouldn't get any more gas at all. . . . . I learned to buy gas on Wednesday nights or early Thursday in that town. That was before the distributor had a chance to kick up the gas prices. Usually.

Charles of Schaumburg