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minus-squareTosti@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·9 months agoI think that is the whole point of the pricing strategy. Our fuel carries A LOT of taxes, theirs don’t.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·9 months agoAnd yet people regularly call for a gas tax holiday when times are hard in the U.S.
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·9 months agoThere are a lot more people living paycheck to paycheck in the US than in Germany and other developed countries.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 months agoAgreed. Maybe they should call on the government to do something more productive and permanent than a temporary tax holiday.
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·9 months agoYeah, but every time the government tries to do something that could actually help people there are cries about “socialism” and “government overreach.” There’s no winning in American politics, so temporary tax holiday it is.
minus-squareTalesFromTheKitchen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoAye, that’s right.
I think that is the whole point of the pricing strategy. Our fuel carries A LOT of taxes, theirs don’t.
And yet people regularly call for a gas tax holiday when times are hard in the U.S.
There are a lot more people living paycheck to paycheck in the US than in Germany and other developed countries.
Agreed. Maybe they should call on the government to do something more productive and permanent than a temporary tax holiday.
Yeah, but every time the government tries to do something that could actually help people there are cries about “socialism” and “government overreach.” There’s no winning in American politics, so temporary tax holiday it is.
Aye, that’s right.