If you think the price of Petrol is expensive in Europe, look at how much US healthcare and medicines costs....
The fuel tax offsets universal healthcare and prescription capped at $12 a time. The last US prescription I paid for was $95 for one lot of pain killers... Adam. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leland F. Jackson, CPA Sent: 03 April 2008 17:02 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] $8 FOR A GALLON OF GAS?! IN GERMANY, YES Yes, European countries have a much higher percentage tax on petrol products than in the USA, so as the cost of a barrel oil increases, there is an increase in the markup to consumers with corresponding increase as the percentage for taxes that is applied; a kind of double whammy affect on the consumer. Regards, LelandJ Michael Madigan wrote: > Isn't most of the price taxes? > > > > --- "Leland F. Jackson, CPA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >> Anyone that thinks the price of gasoline and diesel >> is high in the USA >> should consider the prices in Europe.: >> >> >> > http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/03/18/781155.aspx > >> or >> >> http://tinyurl.com/3bf7hq >> >> Regards, >> >> LelandJ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com >> Subscription Maintenance: >> http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox >> OT-free version of this list: >> http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech >> Searchable Archive: >> http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox >> This message: >> >> > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, >> are the opinions of the author, and do not >> constitute legal or medical advice. This statement >> is added to the messages for those lawyers who are >> too stupid to see the obvious. >> >> > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
