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• ericisshort@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  why would the oil lobby want tax to be included gasoline? It raises the sticker price which reduces sales.

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  • uis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The added transparency only increases sales because people will buy cars knowing that listed price is what they are going to pay for gasoline.

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    • ericisshort@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It seems quite the stretch to think people would buy more cars because tax is included in the price of gasoline. Please provide some data that substantiates your theory.

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      • uis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It seems quite the stretch to think people would buy more cars because tax is included in the price of gasoline.

        In what shop would you go? In one that charges listed price or one that charges more?

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