who makes more from gas sales: .gov or industry?

[dracoi]

@Amateur_Barbarian

Do you know what the margin on a gallon of gas is for an independent seller? It’s around 8-12 cents a gallon, or under 3%.

So a merchant that sells 10,000 gallons of gas makes $1000 on that sale, gross, from sales of about $350k. Hardly a lot against business expenses, raising kids and losing at poker.

Yes, I know what the margin is, thanks for asking.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@obbn

I have honestly never understood this statement. Why in the world should we as Americans care what people in other countries pay in taxes on their gas?

Perspective?

[Little_Nemo]

On a national average 15% of the price of a gallon of gas is taxes. The other 85% is everything else. You can debate over how much of the 85% is “cost” and how much is “profit”.

[Amateur_Barbarian]

@dracoi

Yes, I know what the margin is, thanks for asking.

Really. Saying this…

@dracoi

I don’t think it is so absurd. Lots of people tend to think that Exxon is directly gouging them at the pump. They don’t stop and think "Hey, this gas station gets a lot of the revenue…

…indicates the opposite, unless you want to substantiate your argument that about 3% gross margin is “a lot of the revenue.”

[Amateur_Barbarian]

@Really_Not_All_That_Bright

Perspective?

No such thing without context, which is often overlooked.