So we've changed our clocks, we're wearing warmer clothes, and some have even turned their heat on. So, gas prices should be backing off. But they're not. Why?
According to the American Petroleum Institute Michigan has the 7th highest total state plus federal excise taxes on a gallon of gasoline in the country.
Only California, Hawaii, Indiana, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington have a higher total tax per gallon of gas...
The numbers don't matter. The fact that it's summer, it's a driving holiday, and that it's a holiday at all, is what matters. On getaway day for a three day weekend, I witnessed it. Cue the chorus of Angels.
A mid-Michigan resort community has the cheapest gas in the nation. Houghton Lake is experiencing a gas war that has driven prices down below 50 cents-a-gallon.
You just knew that $2.28 a gallon was too good to be true. A leaky pipe at a refinery in northern Indiana has gas prices up .30 cents a gallon now and maybe a dollar a gallon in a few weeks.