Wonder why the cost of gasoline keeps going up, up, up?

Taxes Imposed on Gas Production and Sales

FEDERAL TAXES: Corporate Income Tax ¥ Individual Income Tax ¥ Capital Gains Tax ¥ Corporate Environmental Tax ¥ FICA Tax ¥ FUTA Tax ¥ Duties on Imported Crude and Product ¥ Customs Ad Valorem User Fee ¥ Airport and Airway Trust Fund Tax ¥ Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Tax ¥ Superfund Crude Oil Tax ¥ Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund Tax ¥ Highway Trust Fund Tax ¥ Aquatic Resources Trust Fund Tax ¥ Deficit Reduction Excise Tax ¥ Inland Waterways Trust Fund Tax ¥ Heavy Truck and Trailer Tax ¥ Excise Tax on Tires ¥ Federal Telephone Excise Taxes

STATE TAXES: Corporate Income Taxes ¥ Individual Income Taxes ¥ Franchise Taxes ¥ Unemployment Taxes ¥ Sales and Use Taxes ¥ Motor Fuel Excise Taxes ¥ Sales Taxes on Motor Fuels ¥ Fuel Use Taxes ¥ Superfund Taxes ¥ Used Oil Disposal Taxes ¥ Waste Disposal Taxes ¥ Business Property Taxes ¥ Real Property Taxes ¥ Pipeline Throughput Taxes ¥ Severance Taxes ¥ Production Taxes ¥ Refinery Throughput Taxes
¥ Conservation Taxes ¥ Telephone Excise Taxes ¥ Environmental Impact Taxes ¥ Public Highway Use Taxes ¥ Heavy Truck Highway Use Taxes
(from Americans for Tax Reform - http://www.atr.org/atr/tax-presentation/gas1.html )