anyone can see that while there is no national sales tax in the USA, there is an $0.18 federal gas tax. This doesn't count the additional $0.08 to nearly $0.40 per gallon tax by the states.
So this line in the list of subsidies is not actually a subsidy in the United States.
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Sales tax breaks
Submitted on November 12th, 2008 by Titans 9-0 (not verified)"For instance, the U.S. government has generally propped the industry up with:
Sales tax breaks - taxes on petroleum products are lower than average sales tax rates for other goods"
According to the government at:
Gas Taxes for Federal and State Governments
anyone can see that while there is no national sales tax in the USA, there is an $0.18 federal gas tax. This doesn't count the additional $0.08 to nearly $0.40 per gallon tax by the states.
So this line in the list of subsidies is not actually a subsidy in the United States.