Taxes...

[Greg]

NJ has, IIRC, the lowest average gasoline prices in the Northeast, a combination of high population density(short delivery distances)Refineries in state, and low gasoline taxes.

The sad thing is, they could make the price even lower if they got rid of the moron rule...

The 'there'd be exploding fireballs everywhere of crispy flaming ruin and death if people were allowed to spill gasoline all over their own cars, instead of having surly minimum wage mouth breathers spilling gasoline all over their cars for them' rule? That rule? Yes.

[MarkD]

NJ has, IIRC, the lowest average gasoline prices in the Northeast, a combination of high population density(short delivery distances)Refineries in state, and low gasoline taxes.

The sad thing is, they could make the price even lower if they got rid of the moron rule...

The 'there'd be exploding fireballs everywhere of crispy flaming ruin and death if people were allowed to spill gasoline all over their own cars, instead of having surly minimum wage mouth breathers spilling gasoline all over their cars for them' rule? That rule? Yes.

The first road trip my wife and I took, she had no idea what to do at a gas pump (born and raised in NJ), so I had to do the pumping (grew up in NYC, so I knew how they worked).

[dfwmtx]

The fact we're still paying a luxury tax on phones which was intended to fund the Spanish-American war should tell you how much government is addicted to tax and the dollars that come from them.

Scabies? Too good for them. Leperousy? Too good for them; why should they get a trip to Hawaii?

[Greg]

The fact we're still paying a luxury tax on phones which was intended to fund the Spanish-American war should tell you how much government is addicted to tax and the dollars that come from them.

Scabies? Too good for them. Leperousy? Too good for them; why should they get a trip to Hawaii?

Actually scabies, leprosy AND really vicious hemorrhoids would make a good start.

[308Mike]

The fact we're still paying a luxury tax on phones which was intended to fund the Spanish-American war should tell you how much government is addicted to tax and the dollars that come from them.

Scabies? Too good for them. Leperousy? Too good for them; why should they get a trip to Hawaii?

Actually scabies, leprosy AND really vicious hemorrhoids would make a good start.

And don't forget SHINGLES!

[Termite]

NJ has, IIRC, the lowest average gasoline prices in the Northeast, a combination of high population density(short delivery distances)Refineries in state, and low gasoline taxes.

The sad thing is, they could make the price even lower if they got rid of the moron rule...

The 'there'd be exploding fireballs everywhere of crispy flaming ruin and death if people were allowed to spill gasoline all over their own cars, instead of having surly minimum wage mouth breathers spilling gasoline all over their cars for them' rule? That rule? Yes.

I must admit that is about the dumbest rule I have ever bloody heard of.

[HTRN]

It was enacted in 1949, because of "firehazards". Remember, at the time, station attendents were a might more involved, and it was a semi skilled job(Wash windows, check oil, etc). And it stuck around due to inertia... It was basically a response to the first self serve stations, which showed up in California in 1949.. My deep and abiding suspicion that it was an effort to protect what was a working class job..

What pisses me off is there was a recent vote to repeal it... AND IT FAILED.