return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agoThose who live outside of the US, what's something Americans aren't ready to hear?message-squaremessage-square495fedilinkarrow-up151
arrow-up151message-squareThose who live outside of the US, what's something Americans aren't ready to hear?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square495fedilink
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 days agoHuh, the US gets another layer more confusing. Tax is included in gas prices but not in anything else? How do the arguments for not including that tax in the price stack up when gas stations are already including it?
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoTradition. Gas prices are also the only retail prices that include tenths of a penny - specifically 9/10, as in all gas prices look like $x.xx9 such as $3.059
Huh, the US gets another layer more confusing. Tax is included in gas prices but not in anything else? How do the arguments for not including that tax in the price stack up when gas stations are already including it?
Tradition.
Gas prices are also the only retail prices that include tenths of a penny - specifically 9/10, as in all gas prices look like $x.xx9 such as $3.059