On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Jordan Hayes wrote:
> Huh, that's what I get for believing Yahoo! Marketplace just did the
> math on-air and it's more like $180M ... so now I'm much more for it!
> Look at what little amount of money it is!
Are you sure you were listening to the right thing? According to this chart from back in 2005:
http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/06/pf/taxes/gas_tax/index.htm
The total tax portion of a gallon of gas in New York State is 62 cents. At $3.50 a gallon, that's almost 18% -- a substantial bite.
Michael