Jack writes:
On 8/18/2012 1:11 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Jack writes:

Recently heard on TV that oil companies make about 6-8 cents on a gallon
of gas. Government makes 40 to 66 cents on the same gallon. In
Californica the gov makes 66 cents on a gallon.

5 minutes of research would show that california makes 35.3 cents on
a gallon (WA 37.5 cents, NC 35.2 cents, maine 30 cents, Minnesota 27 cents).
When you add local (e.g. sales) taxes, CA is 50 cents, Connecticut is 51 cents,
Hawaii 49 cents, Illinois 50.6 cents, usw).

Gov't making 50 cents on a gallon is between 40 and 66 cents.

You explicitly said that California makes 66 cents/gal.

You were wrong.