03-08-18 06:24 joe mackey wrote to Daryl Stout about Gas prices (was: Re: Hard
Howdy! Joe,

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 jm>   Daryl wrote --
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 DS>  .. Ever since I can remember, the gas has always had 9/10 of a cent per
 DS> gallon (i.e. 2.49.9). Why don't they just round if off to $2.50??

 jm>   Psychology.
 jm>   The same as selling something for .99 rather than a dollar because
 jm> people think they are getting a bargain.
 jm>   And that began as a "temporary" tax of 1 cent a gallon by the
 jm> government in the early '30s.  The tax was listed as 9/10th so people
 jm> were more accepting of it since they didn't think they weren't paying a
 jm> whole penny in tax, only a part of a penny.

I was driving back from California and somewhere in the middle of the U.S.A.
where I got gas the pump price didn't end with .9 but .2.
I asked and was told it was a local tax added to the price.

 EV>> The Ethanol markings on the pump usually are on the side

 jm>   I don't like using ethanol simply because we are using a food product
 jm> (corn) to power our cars.  We are burning food to go to the store to
 jm> buy more food.

I agree.


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