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That's a pretty ignorant statement.
The oil companies, which had their taxes increased still sell the oil to the refiners based on market prices. The refiner's are their own companies and are not included in the producers tax, therfore the refiner's could care less how much big oil is taxed, they still pay the market price for the product.
I hear people say the high fuel prices are just the oil companies getting back at us, but that could only be true if Tesoro or Flint Hills was owned by one of the producers.
Are Tesoro and Flint Hills the only refinery's selling to all the stations? I hear flint hills is have $$ problems. They are the one's we should be mad at!
How do the refinery's set the price to the stations? How do the stations set the price?