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Find Out Where a Gas Tax Holiday Might Have Some Serious Appeal...

— By Jonathan Stein | Fri August 22, 2008 10:37 AM PST

When you're done checking out our cool interactive map of America's global military footprint, check out this cool interactive map of global gas prices.

Some of the facts are really remarkable. Citizens of Scandinavia pay almost $10 a gallon and the Turks, who labor under a 72 percent gas tax, pay $11.18. Meanwhile, residents of Turkmenistan pay just $0.76 per gallon, and the first 32 gallons each month are free. Comparatively speaking, we get off pretty easy. (Via Andrew.)

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      Submitted by majun (not verified) on August 22, 2008 - 11:34am.

      I notice that Iraqis, with their 79 billion dollar surplus are able to subsidize their fuel at the pump so they are paying $1.44/gal. Not a bad deal. If McCain gets elected they can probably keep that up for another couple of generations.

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