California DISASTER! Gas Prices Highest in Nation

You think your gas prices are high?

Check out California.Take a look at the price of gasoline for a gallon of gas.The national average right now is $4 .48, but you think that's bad?Go out to the left coast.Top in the United States, $6 .13.There's even a gas station out there where the cost is about $10 per gallon.

And of course, if you've ever been out there, you always know that the prices in California for a gallon of gas are just simply put, absolutely outrageous, running well ahead of the national average, the folks in California really getting hurt by this increase in gas prices.One of the big reasons why you see this big difference right here is, in fact, the gas tax out in California.Take a look here, the state gas tax and fees per gallon.You know, in the average state, it's 33 cents.California, again, the top in the nation, more than double that.It's 71 cents.

Now, Johnny B., the quick math here is, what, a difference of That's a tough one to do in your head, but yes, 38.Yes, 38 cents.You know, a decade ago, the difference here was just 11 cents.So what you're essentially seeing here is that Californians are feeling the pain more and more over the last decade when it comes to the gas pump, because one of the big reasons why is the state gas tax and fees per gallon have been climbing ever higher.

Taxes, taxes, taxes.No wonder everyone's leaving California.