Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 13:39:32 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams), Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Great American Gas Out Message-ID: <4.2.2.20000304133643.0417e100@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200003041752.KAA09600@nomad.yogotech.com> References: <200003041741.MAA15002@etinc.com> <20000304101212.A384@internode.com.au> <38BFEEA8.1A465CFC@softweyr.com> <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452201313909@l04.research.kpn.com> <4.2.2.20000304091423.040b5590@localhost> <200003041741.MAA15002@etinc.com>
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At 10:52 AM 3/4/2000 , Nate Williams wrote: > > I think you've been reading too much of that commie literature they have > > out there on the West Coast. Gas taxes are designed to pay for roads and > > highways, and you have lots more infrastructure in LA than you do in > > Wyoming. The more you drive, the more you pay. Makes sense to me. > >This sounds good, except for the fact that Wyoming has the fewest >people/capita of all states, and has more roads miles/person that all of >CA. Therefore, their gas tax for roads is higher than that in CA. >(Montana's gas tax is similar, hence my familiarity with it.) That's correct, Nate. Wyoming is 300 by 400 miles and has only half a million people. Lowest population density of the 48 contiguous states and the smallest TOTAL population of all of them. And yet our taxes are earmarked and do pay for our roads. >The reason gas is so expensive is CA is because a couple of refineries >blew up last year, and due to the monopolies shared by the gas >companies, there was no-one lef to take up the 'demand' when they quit >producing. > >Demand stayed the same, production was reduced, price goes up. Simple >economics.. Exactly. And the monopoly is government-granted because it mandated the special gas. California also has special and arbitrary requirements for milk which keep out-of-state vendors out and raise the price. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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