Gas Prices.... Completely Outrageous!!! How Much Are They Where You Are???

[markolas]

I was going to reply to the original post, but after reading the rest of the thread, apparently I should just go shoot myself in the ear, being a dirty American, and all.

[bretonbanquet]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

because for every dollar WE earn, you earn 2. your Pound is worth $2 dollars. regardless of what you each bring home, your money is still twice as valuable as ours.

See, that's where your argument falls down. The relative monetary value of the currencies is totally unrelated to our respective household incomes.. it's a complete non-sequitur

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

was that $39,000 in POUNDS, EUROS, or DOLLARS????

dollars - did you look at the table? it's pretty clear. that's why i used the "$" sign.

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by markolas

I was going to reply to the original post, but after reading the rest of the thread, apparently I should just go shoot myself in the ear, being a dirty American, and all.

wtf?

no one's saying anything bad about americans. in fact, i think the majority of us in this thread are americans.

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by mikeschmike

I think the problem is that you're automatically assuming since the Euro/pound is stronger, then they must certainly earn more then we do. I really doubt that the pay ratio is the same in the UK as it is here. Plus, in one of the articles you posted it shows how terribly high the gas taxes are in the UK as opposed to here. Trust me, it's not even.

Europe may very well pay more for gas. Why??? I dont know. but I think its a basic mistake to compare two different contries with two different monetary systems and act like one country is worse off than another based on COST. (or WAGES)
Thats just WRONG.

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by bretonbanquet

See, that's where your argument falls down. The relative monetary value of the currencies is totally unrelated to our respective household incomes.. it's a complete non-sequitur

um no, it is in fact the backbone of this argument. You cant talk about household COSTS without talking about household INCOMES. ESPECIALLY if you live in different countries. you HAVE to consider different value systems

[bretonbanquet]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

Europe may very well pay more for gas. Why??? I dont know. but I think its a basic mistake to compare two different contries with two different monetary systems and act like one country is worse off than another based on COST. (or WAGES)
Thats just WRONG.

My feeling is that you're just wrong

And Markolas, I didn't see anyone calling Americans dirty

[mikeschmike]

Originally Posted by carrie721

wtf?

no one's saying anything bad about americans. in fact, i think the majority of us in this thread are americans.

Although given the logic already expressed in this thread I'm embarrassed to admit my American citizenship.

Maybe I'll pull a Ben Folds and become a citizen of Australia. What's the exchange rate over there? I could be in for a BIG raise.

[bretonbanquet]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

um no, it is in fact the backbone of this argument.

Well, marvellous. As far as I'm concerned, the argument is over, because you never began to understand it

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by bretonbanquet

My feeling is that you're just wrong

And Markolas, I didn't see anyone calling Americans dirty

you're basic feeling is just numb.

[bretonbanquet]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

you're basic feeling is just numb.

Translation, please

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

um no, it is in fact the backbone of this argument. You cant talk about household COSTS without talking about household INCOMES. ESPECIALLY if you live in different countries. you HAVE to consider different value systems

ok.. let's try to start from the beginning. completely forget about gas prices

where is your information coming from that they make twice as much over there??

(other than the fact their currency is worth twice as much as ours )

[Stew_Matthews]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

because for every dollar WE earn, you earn 2. your Pound is worth $2 dollars. regardless of what you each bring home, your money is still twice as valuable as ours.

…..for ****’s sake the pound isn’t worth twice as much as the dollar - it’s just that you get two dollars for every pound when exchanged. Have you had an education?

….as Mike said it is the tax that’s the issue………

It is fact that with the exception of Japan, it is the UK citizen that pays the most for petrol (gas).

It is fact that wholesale gas prices (that’s the amount that petrol stations pay) are higher in the US than the UK. The UK applies tax in excess of 67% to the wholesale petrol price which pushes up the pump price. The US has a more modest tax rate.

…………in terms of the production cost (my interest)………..my firm sells oil at 3 cents a gallon………..and the profit on that is 2 cents…………it then needs refining etc and shipping etc

…..anyway I only logged into the net to find out whether QPR won…………oh and the Orient!

See you soon.

Stew

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by bretonbanquet

Translation, please

heck, look it up in a conversion table.

[carrie721]

but back to the original topic ... mary, you still haven't addressed the issue of median household income. if you compare the MHI of the US and the UK, you'll see that people in the UK do not, in fact, make twice as much as we do.