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andyupnorth · Mar 4th, 2004, 09:22 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by shiredweller

OK let me see if I got this right. You Euro. guys pay about $5.35 for a gal. of the good stuff and 75% of that is tax? That would be $4.01 for tax and $1.34 for the gas.
Over here gas tax is about $0.37 per gal. So if gas is $2.00 a gal. we pay $0.37 in tax and $1.63 for the gas.
Looks to me like you guys have the cheap gas, but a

ed up tax system.
But I could be wrong.

No - you're spot on. The gas is cheap - the tax makes it expensive. In theory it all goes into the Chancellor's tax pot and he spends it wisely on free health care and social programmes.....I'm yet to be convinced on the spending it wisely bit though...

Mar 4th, 2004, 09:22 AM	#32
andyupnorth MINI2 Master Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Newcastle Local Time: 07:41 AM Posts: 765 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by shiredweller OK let me see if I got this right. You Euro. guys pay about $5.35 for a gal. of the good stuff and 75% of that is tax? That would be $4.01 for tax and $1.34 for the gas. Over here gas tax is about $0.37 per gal. So if gas is $2.00 a gal. we pay $0.37 in tax and $1.63 for the gas. Looks to me like you guys have the cheap gas, but a ed up tax system. But I could be wrong. No - you're spot on. The gas is cheap - the tax makes it expensive. In theory it all goes into the Chancellor's tax pot and he spends it wisely on free health care and social programmes.....I'm yet to be convinced on the spending it wisely bit though... "Do try to keep up Nigel!"