Actually, I've read that when one figures in the US guv'mint
expenditures with the military to maintain 'stability' in oil
producing countries, US citizens pay about $8 per gallon. This does
not include the money spent on Desert Storm.
And if I want to whine, I will! Just ask my wife!
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On 2/26/00, Daniel1312@aol.com wrote:
>Can the list (except those in the UK) stop moaning about petrol/gas prices.
>I have no idea of what the current price is over here but it must be at least
>$5 a gallon.
>
>I think we pay more tax on a gallon than you pay in the first place.
>
>Daniel1312 (who recently put £15 of petrol in a 7 gall tank in his Sprite
>and didn't brim the tank)
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