[Dr. Sivana]

California is among the highest in the country for gasoline taxes, and I believe there are some king-sized city gas taxes on top of those. In any event, California has enough population density (unlike a big state like Wyoming or Montana) and milder weather than some of the expensive northern states (e.g. Pennsylvania) that it should have to justify any gasoline increase. Does any of that money go to choo-choo trains?

[LexBaird]

Your chart is from before the new Brown tax was added. That’s an additional 12 cents per gallon. That brings it to 50.13 cents. Also, that chart apparently doesn’t include the local COUNTY and CITY taxes on top. Plus, of course CA requires a boutique blend of gas not used in other states, which costs more to start with, solely due to regulation.

[Defiant]

The amount of gas tax is not the main issue, it is that the gas tax goes to fund health care and education for illegals, not roads and bridges. If we had gleaming highways, good mass transit and effective traffic control, I would be happy to pay a relatively high tax. But we don’t.