Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoGas prices fall under 3 bucks a gallon at majority of U.S. stationswww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1477arrow-down118
arrow-up1459arrow-down1external-linkGas prices fall under 3 bucks a gallon at majority of U.S. stationswww.cbsnews.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square113fedilink
minus-squareTosti@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·1 year agoI think that is the whole point of the pricing strategy. Our fuel carries A LOT of taxes, theirs don’t.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd yet people regularly call for a gas tax holiday when times are hard in the U.S.
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoThere are a lot more people living paycheck to paycheck in the US than in Germany and other developed countries.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoAgreed. Maybe they should call on the government to do something more productive and permanent than a temporary tax holiday.
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoYeah, but every time the government tries to do something that could actually help people there are cries about “socialism” and “government overreach.” There’s no winning in American politics, so temporary tax holiday it is.
minus-squareTalesFromTheKitchen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoAye, that’s right.
I think that is the whole point of the pricing strategy. Our fuel carries A LOT of taxes, theirs don’t.
And yet people regularly call for a gas tax holiday when times are hard in the U.S.
There are a lot more people living paycheck to paycheck in the US than in Germany and other developed countries.
Agreed. Maybe they should call on the government to do something more productive and permanent than a temporary tax holiday.
Yeah, but every time the government tries to do something that could actually help people there are cries about “socialism” and “government overreach.” There’s no winning in American politics, so temporary tax holiday it is.
Aye, that’s right.