Gas prices up, why?

[Sooner or later]

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

[john70t]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

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?