Economy

We haven’t seen $4.50 here for close to 20 years.

Plus, since a little over ten years ago, Germany slapped VAT on the gas tax included in the pump price. The tax is about 2/3 of the total by price. The German constitution forbids double taxation. I asked a friend who is a judge on the tax court here. He wrote his doctorate on double taxation. I asked him why the double taxation was still standing. He asked me if I was willing to instigate a class action suit against the German government over the extra €4.83 I pay when I fill my tank? That’s why.