> The total tax portion of a gallon of gas in New York State is 62
> cents.
That's state, not Federal. The Federal tax is $0.184/gal. John McCain and the US Senate doesn't have a whit to say about what New York State charges for tax.
WDK writes:
> in 2006 the U.S.A. burned up 175 billion gallons of gasoline and
> diesel
> fuel in motor vehicles. 175 billion divided by 365 times equals 480
> million gallons a day.
You can listen to Marketplace.org, they say:
9,290,000 gal / day 94 days
= $160M
It does look like they dropped a 'b' for an 'm' though ...
/jordan