The current price of regular unleaded gas is $1.79, which increases
the sales tax to 15-cents per gallon. And the total tax on one gallon of
regular gas to $.50 per gallon.
It is not too difficult to understand out state lawmakers and their
lack of attention to this situation. Sales tax money is really flowing
into our state tax fund. Our state legislators will tell us that the
17-cent state and local gas tax is used for streets and highways, that it
