re: MSNBC is angry over a new Florida tax

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Put the amount of taxes at a gas pump along side the profit margin that the supplier gets for a gallon. The eyes that would pop out of their orbits would blind all of us.

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I haven't noticed it in years but this used to be pretty common in Georgia....I don't think anyone ever refused to do business with the stations. In fact the best I remember the signs were part of the Department of Agriculture sign that gave the date the pump was certified. Those signs may have only reflected the state tax though...I don't know.

I do know this...for many years the gas tax in Georgia was lower than it was in Alabama, Florida and South Carolina....it was very common for stations in south Georgia to advertise this fact so travelers would stop in Georgia and by gas instead of waiting until they crossed the state line. Then our brilliant GOP governor (not the current one, about 2 GOP governors or so ago...it is difficult to distinguish between them because they are all identical but for their names....decided to do away with the state gas tax in an effort to give consumers a break at the pump for a short period of time...about 90 days if memory serves....of course the predictable happened...prices dropped about a nickel a gallon and then went right back to the same price and, what do you know, when the tax was re-instated the prices reflected the previous price AND the taxes...making gas more expensive in the peach state. Prices have more or less stabilized since but prices are still cheaper in South Carolina and Florida...I don't know about Alabama because I try to avoid that entire region if possible....