Government Greed Gooses Gas Prices

"We recently noted that gasoline prices are up 75 cents since December and motorists in southern California are now paying as much as $6 a gallon. But Golden State motorists will soon be paying even more, “no matter what market forces do,” as one report puts it, because California’s State Board of Equalization just jacked up the excise tax by nearly 9 percent, 3.5 cents, to 39.5 cents a gallon. The increase kicks in on July 1, when more families go on vacation, if they can afford it."