Re: ATM fees are about to rise substantially

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From: Bob Yelnats
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 00:00

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> Alice J. Merchant (amerchan@aludra.usc.edu) wrote:

> : I don't know the exact price, but I used to live in Philadelphia and noticed
> : that full serve gas in NJ costs the same as self-serve in PA.  Pretty 
> : appalling, eh?

I live in Philadelphia and will soon be living just across the river in
New Jersey. One reason that gas in Philadelphia costs more than in NJ is
because the Pennsylvania gas tax is higher than the gas tax in New Jersey.
Some people who complain about PA's high gas tax don't realize that real
estate taxes in Pennsylvania are much lower than real estate taxes in New
Jersey. Since New Jersey funds a lot of its state highways through its
real estate and other local taxes, it can have a relatively low gas tax. 
NJ forces real estate owners to pay for highways they may not even ever
use.  Pennsylvania also has a hell of a lot more state-funded highways
than NJ.  This was explained in a local newspaper a couple of months ago
when Pennsylvania's governor proposed yet another gas tax increase to help
pay for all the unexpected damage that our highways endured during the
previous winter blizzards and floods. Note that I am not defending PA's 
high gas tax, just explaining why the gas tax is lower in NJ.

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From: yelnats@BLUE.ocis.temple.edu (Bob Yelnats)
Subject: Re: ATM fees are about to rise substantially
Date: 1996/04/17
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