New York Suspends the Gas Tax for Six Months as Pump Prices Soar

[PoliticAverse]

(Bloomberg) -- New York is temporarily lifting the 16 cents-a-gallon fuel tax for six months as the summer driving season kicks off with record-high pump prices.

Suspending the 16 cents-a-gallon fuel tax for six months would let New Yorkers keep $585 million, according to the legislation. The bill gives localities the option of waiving their local sales taxes, potentially equating to more savings.

Read the rest at: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/york-suspends-gas-tax-six-163426518.html

[FoxNewsSucks]

1. Watch as the oil companies immediately raise prices .16

because they can.

[Afrocat]

2. that explains it

Notice on my way to work this morning that one station had the prices drop 17ish cents. The next one down was only down 10 cents.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. I noticed that, too, prices dropped by about 15 cents all over, including diesel (which is over $6!)

Of course, I'd just gotten gas - it cost me $62 which included my grocery store card discount.