On Apr 28, 6:07 am, "Matt Barrow"
wrote:
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On Apr 26, 1:37 pm, kontiki wrote:

. On top of that, the BIGGEST benefactor
odf rising gas prices IS government. Federal and state governments
make more off a gallon gass through taxes than the oil companies do.

I'm sure others can offer similar "horror stories".

All true, maybe. But all irrelevant to your comment about government
profiting off of RISING gas prices. Taxes are "per gallon", not a
percentage of sales price.

The only way government benefits is through more income tax collected
on the rising profits of the company. All of which is a good thing.