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Originally Posted by Smoked
You have to remember that the USA has over 10 times more people than us, so effectively thier tax income from fuel would still be greater than ours.
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Are you forgetting that because of that much larger population they also have to spend much more tax than we do?
It's not like they're only spending $x and we're spend $x but we (Aus) have to get the same $ off a smaller population. If that was the case, we'd never stop paying tax to try and make up for how much tax $ the US brings in
: It's relative both ways, earning and spending (to a certain degree).
I was mainly highlighting that the US actually pays more for their fuel than we do, but consumers pay less because of smaller retail margins and much lower tax costs.
At the end of the day, we're all screwed anyhow
