Saving Money as Prices Increase

[bdhsfz6]

My wife and I had this grand plan to save a bundle on a 2 week fly / drive vacation to the southwest this spring. We booked air, hotel and car rental a year in advance to take advantage of the low covid related prices.

Everything went great until we showed up at the airport only to find our flight had been cancelled. It took the airline two days to rebook the flight which caused a chain reaction of cancellations. We had to rebook at current prices which in some cases tripled! Our cheapo $5K vacation turned into nearly $10K!

Oh well, we had a good time anyway.

 

[jyoutz]

The revenues from the gasoline tax (in NM) are distributed as follows:

• State aviation fund – .26%
• Motorboat fuel tax fund – .13%
• Counties and municipalities – 10.38%
• County government road fund – 5.76%
• Road funds of municipalities – 5.76%
• Municipal arterial program – 1.44%
• General fund $33,333 per month
• Qualified Tribes 40% of the net receipts attributable to the gasoline tax paid to the Department on 2,500,000 gallons of gasoline each month
• State road fund – Residual

In PA 40% is going to non-infrastructure agencies (State Police, etc)

All of those uses are associated with transportation except the general fund. The tribal money is because there are lots of state highways on reservations.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

The revenues from the gasoline tax (in NM) are distributed as follows:

• State aviation fund – .26%
• Motorboat fuel tax fund – .13%
• Counties and municipalities – 10.38%
• County government road fund – 5.76%
• Road funds of municipalities – 5.76%
• Municipal arterial program – 1.44%
• General fund $33,333 per month
• Qualified Tribes 40% of the net receipts attributable to the gasoline tax paid to the Department on 2,500,000 gallons of gasoline each month
• State road fund – Residual

In PA 40% is going to non-infrastructure agencies (State Police, etc)

In Oregon the fuel tax is a dedicated fund that can only be spent on roads.

 

[jyoutz]

My wife and I had this grand plan to save a bundle on a 2 week fly / drive vacation to the southwest this spring. We booked air, hotel and car rental a year in advance to take advantage of the low covid related prices.

Everything went great until we showed up at the airport only to find our flight had been cancelled. It took the airline two days to rebook the flight which caused a chain reaction of cancellations. We had to rebook at current prices which in some cases tripled! Our cheapo $5K vacation turned into nearly $10K!

Oh well, we had a good time anyway.

That stinks

 

[5030]

That stinks

Might as well spend it before it's worthless.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

McD large coffee with tax is now $2.53. I was joking with one of the long-term employees about it and she says well the senior coffee didn't go up much. Now I get 2 senior coffees instead of the large for a dollar and a quarter savings $1.28. As they say there's more than one way to skin a cat.

 

[Jstpssng]

McD large coffee with tax is now $2.53. I was joking with one of the long-term employees about it and she says well the senior coffee didn't go up much. Now I get 2 senior coffees instead of the large for a dollar and a quarter savings $1.28. As they say there's more than one way to skin a cat.

I remember when McD's coffee was so nasty that you really had to be an addict to drink it. A cup lasted a long time 40 years ago.

 

[Skagit]

It was $1.60 just a shirt time ago if you remember....lol

Just filled my wife's Suburban up at Kroger with 40 cents off and it was still 125 bucks.... Ouch.

As a Suburban owner, no you didn't. That costs $220+ right now. You may have 'topped it off' but there was no filling going on... Lol

 

[Diggin It]

^^ You have a 40 gallon tank?

 

[Skagit]

^^ You have a 40 gallon tank?

Up until recently they all did.