Gas Taxes/ Regulations 💵 ⛽️
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States levy taxes on fuel in several different ways. Per gallon excise taxes on purchases at the pump are most common, while some also include additional sales taxes or taxes on wholesalers or retailers that further increase prices for consumers. Most states also levy add'l fees that add to prices at the pump. The total tax burden on gasoline from these various taxes & fees varies significantly across the US

California levies the highest tax on gasoline at 70.9 cents per gallon (cpg), followed by Illinois at 66.4 cpg & Washington at 59.0. Gee image that😜

These rates do not include certain local taxes or the effects of environmental programs & regulations like cap-and-trade carbon policies or low carbon fuel standards, taxes levied at the local level👈 - 🔑word LOCAL!

A few states also levy a tax as a percentage of gross receipts on the sale of fuels, which is difficult to convert into a per gallon rate. The highest of these is in Connecticut, where the Petroleum Products Gross Earnings Tax is 8.1 percent on wholesalers. The Connecticut Department of Revenue estimates the rate as applied to diesel fuel to be about 19.9 cpg, but does not estimate the per gallon rate for gasoline.

Several states also impose additional burdens on gas prices via environmental programs and regulations like carbon taxes🤡. Rather than a user fee to fund the roads, these policies are said to be "designed to shape behavior by discouraging the consumption of products or services that generate emissions like motor fuel".🤡 And I Quote!

Including the impact of state environmental programs on total gas tax burden widens the range of gas taxes across the country.👈

Environmental programs have the largest effect in California, where the Legislative Analyst’s office estimates the cap-and-trade program increases gas prices by about 23 cpg. The state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard was amended effective July 1, 2025, to be more stringent. The California Air Resources Board had previously expected the fuel standard to increase gas prices by 47 cpg in 2025. More recently, the amendments have been estimated to increase gas prices by 5 to 8 cpg, based on movements after the amendments were announced but before they took effect.

The California Energy Commission has estimated that the state’s environmental programs add 29 to 54 cpg to gas prices.👈

Similarly, Washington’s Climate Commitment Act was originally expected to raise gas prices by 44 cpg at carbon prices slightly less than the prices bid at the most recent auction, but the Department of Ecology now claims the impact on prices was only 4 cpg from the Clean Fuel Standard and 4 to 13 cpg from the cap-and-invest program.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality estimates its Clean Fuels Program increased gas prices by about 7.5 cpg in 2024.

Oregon’s Climate Protection Program began in 2025, but the state has not estimated its effect on gas prices.

Whether these environmental taxes are implemented as a tax on carbon emissions, fuel standard mandates, a cap-and-trade system, or other program, these policies increase the price of gasoline.👈

While determining the exact impact on prices is difficult, it seems clear that the states’ environmental programs impose a significant burden and high cost on the prices drivers pay at the pump.👈

Something positive to note in these findings, is what they estimated the cost to increase to & what it actually did increase. Why is this important, because IMHO most have no idea how bad things were going to get for you not only in prices but your freedom if PDJT did not step in! And what this ultimately means is the evil doers are losing their grip, even in these extreme 🔵 states!

Transition takes time, but in the meantime stay informed, so you can understand why things are as they are including your local prices!

I hope this helps the people in the comments that continually make comments triggered by emotions rather than facts. Truth is the only way forward, this is The Great Awakening 🙌

Kelly
@CaptKylePatriots