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Re: Gas price-fixing? You bet ....         


Author: Alan Baker
Date: Jun 13, 2008 21:22

In article ,
ar231@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Karen Gordon) wrote:
> Thursday, June 12, 2008
>
>
> Competition Bureau reveals gas price fixing scam in Que.

I have no doubt that it's true...

...but what makes it possible is that Canadian consumers are...

...*SHEEP*!!!

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Re: Gas price-fixing? You bet ....         


Author: Canuck57
Date: Jun 15, 2008 11:04

"Turk" excite.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.22bd15891ac8112298ab2e@news.individual.net...
> If you take the base price and add taxes in Canada, Europe and the UK.
> Most
> of them are based on volume. Save for the GST in Canada, most gas prices
> are
> by volume, not a percentage that climbs with the cost of the comoddity.

Based on volume as a percentage. Energy costs be your utility or gasoline
are percentage based. Often, even the francise tax/fees are too.

Have a fixed dollar amount of taxes on volume went out the window many years
ago.
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Re: Gas price-fixing? You bet ....         


Author: Canuck57
Date: Jun 15, 2008 11:09

"Alan Baker" telus.net> wrote in message
news:alangbaker-0F2470.21223213062008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]...
> In article ,
> ar231@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Karen Gordon) wrote:
>
>> Thursday, June 12, 2008
>>
>>
>> Competition Bureau reveals gas price fixing scam in Que.
>
> I have no doubt that it's true...
>
>
> ...but what makes it possible is that Canadian consumers are...
>
>
> ...*SHEEP*!!!

Quite accurate.
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