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Per wiki

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_States#Aviation_fuel_taxe s

State tax (not including fed 18.4 cents )

Cali 61.20 cents and subject to 2.25 cents sales tax
Okla 20 cents

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sammyg2 (Post 10614520)

If we add up all the taxes and fees charged by the gubmint from crude oil drilling to refining to the pump, you'd find that over 1/3 of the $$$$ we pay goes to the gubmint.

Yup. Petrol is a business that has fueled this country's entire economy.
We tend to take all daily things for granted...

I been digging in dirt last couple of days in MI rain and mud and it ain't fun.
(wouldn't want to do it for a living in a hit/miss 100deg arid plain.)
Money should go to where it is deserved
What other type of private business would accept that?