California bit my nipple while breastfeeding this morning

I threw away 3 gas receipts since I started this blog because I didn't see any tax printed on them and wrongly assumed gas to be tax free. Turns out I was so very wrong. In fact, this is one area where California leads the nation. Isn't it great being #1? I will dig the other receipts out of the trash and post them later, so we can keep an accurate running total.

Gas tax is difficult to figure out. I'm going to take the optimistic view and say that's why they don't print it on the receipt. I don't want to think that anyone is deliberately trying to hide this information from the average consumer.

Here's how it breaks down according to taxfoundation.org:

$.466 per gallon (that's in addition to the $.184 per gallon federal tax.) Plus, California also applies 8.25% sales tax which includes a 1% local tax which localities cannot amend.

None of this appears on your gas receipt. As the saying goes: "When you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow."

Boy is California a thirsty little girl!

Total tax after filling up with 15.877 gallons: $10.85.*

*note: Calculating gas tax isn't easy to figure out, and there may be some other local taxes that are not factored in.