Man sets car [on fire] to protest high fuel prices

[un-dee]

What are we argueing about, the guy is a retard, fuel is too expensive, both things we won't be able to change too soon.

[eddysdaman]

Originally Posted by Spectre

For the record, this is the chart of 2008 Federal tax brackets for the United States:

If your taxable income is between... your tax bracket is:
0 and 8025 10%
8025 and 32,550 15%
32,550 and 78,850 25%
78,850 and 164,550 28%
164,550 and 357,700 33%
357,700 and anything more 35%

Originally Posted by watto

Good lord, those taxes are low! Except the 0-8025, that's pretty tight.

Good idea for the protest, probably not the best way to go about it though...

Amen to that

Lets put it into perspective

Taxable income __________ Tax on this income
$0 $6,000 ______________ Nil
$6,001 – $34,000 ________ 15c for each $1 over $6,000
$34,001 – $80,000 _______ $4,200 plus 30c for each $1 over $34,000
$80,001 – $180,000 ______ $18,000 plus 40c for each $1 over $80,000
Over $180,000 __________ $58,000 plus 45c for each $1 over $180,000

Again, the tax brackets do not include the 1.5% Medicare levy. All figures are in Australian Dollars.

From Wiki

[Spectre]

And just think, under Clinton, those poor people in the lowest bracket initially had to pay 15%! Nice, huh? The Bush tax breaks dropped it by 5%, but I tend to think we could probably afford to cut tax to that bracket altogether and not lose anything (since most everyone that would be in that bracket is probably on public assistance and doesn't have to pay anyway).

More on the original topic, here is what the current US and Texas gas tax situation is:

Federal gas excise tax: 18.4 cpg for gasoline and 24.4 cpg for diesel. (CPG = cents per gallon)
Texas state gas tax: 20 cpg for gas and diesel. No additional taxes may be charged.

[D-Fence]

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Actually, it has nothing to do with the gas companies. Like 50% of what they pay is tax.

Oh, we are the only country that pays TAX on the TAX when it comes to fuel...

[hajj]

Originally Posted by D-Fence

Oh, we are the only country that pays TAX on the TAX when it comes to fuel...

That's normal all over Europe, not only in Germany. It's the same story with alcohol by the way Tax on tax makes it easier to hide the real tax rate.