# Damn taxes **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 7, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/damn-taxes/46394 "2008-04-07T20:06:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/damn-taxes/46394/1 "2008-04-07T20:06:57Z")
Just saw on the news that in NY, we pay a state tax of $1.01 a gallon. Thats a bit excessive imho. ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/damn-taxes/46394/2 "2008-04-07T20:09:23Z")
On Top Gear, they mentioned that they pay 67% of fuel cost in tax (said something like 67 pence of a pound per litre fuel cost goes to the government). I guess we aren’t so bad in comparison. ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/damn-taxes/46394/3 "2008-04-07T20:11:06Z")
Yeah in that comparison I guess not…but this is America. As far as fuel taxes go we are paying out the ass. I realize other states pay alot also…but I know we have always been one of the highest. ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/damn-taxes/46394/4 "2008-04-07T20:17:51Z")
> [@brent\_strong](#): > > On Top Gear, they mentioned that they pay 67% of fuel cost in tax (said something like 67 pence of a pound per litre fuel cost goes to the government). I guess we aren’t so bad in comparison. ya but bull semen cost 23,000 pounds per liter ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/damn-taxes/46394/5 "2008-04-07T20:20:50Z")
:lol: I guess someone else decided that the BBC channel is the only good TV on in the US on a Monday night. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/damn-taxes/46394/6 "2008-04-08T09:33:46Z")
make the winters stop destroying the roads so they can lower it? ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/damn-taxes/46394/7 "2008-04-08T09:36:30Z")
I thought it was $1.50 lol ---
**Author:** ![juicedz4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/juicedz4/32/5051_2.png) [@juicedz4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/juicedz4)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/damn-taxes/46394/8 "2008-04-08T09:36:43Z")
> [@brent\_strong](#): > > :lol: I guess someone else decided that the BBC channel is the only good TV on in the US on a Monday night. Make that two people 🙂 My wife was in ohio this weekend. Said that reg was $3.04 a gallon with some discount card her sis had. dan ---
**Author:** ![d3x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@d3x](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d3x)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/damn-taxes/46394/9 "2008-04-08T09:50:27Z")
this is about taxes on gas? shit most people wont even pay over $1-2000 a year for taxes on gas. i just gave the fed $10,000 in income taxes last year. thats about 500 hours or about 3 months of working i did for free so uncle sam could get his cut. :bloated: ---
**Author:** ![j\_espo1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/j_espo1/32/7291_2.png) [@j\_espo1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/j_espo1)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/damn-taxes/46394/10 "2008-04-08T10:13:26Z")
> [@JEG](#): > > Yeah in that comparison I guess not…but **_this is America_**. end thread, end any argument about gas prices in this country forever. :bigclap: ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/damn-taxes/46394/11 "2008-04-08T10:21:25Z")
Oh quitcherbitchin. ![http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/magazine/1506/st_atlas_630.jpg](http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/magazine/1506/st_atlas_630.jpg) That’s from a year ago too. ---
**Author:** ![Firehawk853](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/firehawk853/32/7607_2.png) [@Firehawk853](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Firehawk853)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/damn-taxes/46394/12 "2008-04-08T10:54:32Z")
Its still based on percentage, so it just gets worse as it goes higher. ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/damn-taxes/46394/13 "2008-04-08T15:15:19Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > Oh quitcherbitchin. > > That’s from a year ago too. but most of those people who live in those countrys don’t have to drive 30+ miles a day for work/school. ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/damn-taxes/46394/14 "2008-04-08T15:19:19Z")
> [@sedlmeier101](#): > > but most of those people who live in those countrys don’t have to drive 30+ miles a day for work/school. then move closer to where you work… Most of those places also have extremely well thought out public transportation systems, which is a viable alternative. EDIT: did you really just type “Countrys”??? ---
**Author:** ![cky89](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cky89/32/4945_2.png) [@cky89](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cky89)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/damn-taxes/46394/15 "2008-04-08T15:21:21Z")
Kuwait city here i come! ---
**Author:** ![StrokedZ28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/strokedz28/32/7592_2.png) [@StrokedZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StrokedZ28)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/damn-taxes/46394/16 "2008-04-08T16:09:17Z")
Caracas FTW $.17!