[PLUG-TALK] Open Source Supporters and SB 161

Michael michael at jamhome.us
Thu Jan 13 19:14:53 UTC 2011




Dwight Hubbard wrote:
> I doubt the bill would actually be
revenue neutral, in states where people
> can pump their own gas the
stations sell things other than gas which means
> they earn more
revenue.  As a result the gas stations have more employees
> who earn
more than their counterparts in Oregon.  I'd expect the change
> would
result in more income since the state now taxes sales.
> 
> On
Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Rich Shepard
<rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>wrote:
>>   The bill is revenue
neutral; that is, it costs the state or other
>> governments
nothing while imposing no new taxes or fees on consumers.

Rich
correctly and completely defined what he meant by "revenue
neutral."
A great number of Oregon gas stations are also mini-marts
or attached to larger operations (eg. Safeway and Costco)

What we
would see is split tier pricing between self and "full" serve pumps.




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