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Thursday, February 16, 2006

A silly law

This is a pretty silly idea. Is the fact that everybody charges an extra nine-tenths of a cent for gas really that confusing? Does it make it that hard to compare prices? I guess I see no difference between $2.129 versus $2.209 a gallon and $2.13 versus $2.21 a gallon; I can tell which is cheaper pretty easily in both circumstances.

Other bulk items are priced in fractions of a cent; why should gasoline be different? If there is any problem here, it is if stations don't advertise the price accurately. If that is so, then simply enforce the appropriate laws on advertising. There is no need to tell gas stations how to set their prices.

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