LOL, yep. Here in CT my area is @ $2.00/gal for regular, Super is till about $2.50. All depends on when those tanks got filled. I'm finally starting to see prices under $2 here and there.
$1.85 where I am located- the suburbs outside of Reading. PA has 58.7 cents of gas tax for each gallon, highest gas tax in the nation. And for what, I really don't know. Supposed to cover fixing the roads, which are a wreck, but I believe it pays for the state police. Something like that... Compared to our European friends however this price is a steal.
Their healthcare isn't free however, they are taxed out the wazoo for those items. So you're paying for it one way or the other. Wealthy Canadians will come to the US for immediate service for special procedures rather than being on long waiting lists in Canada. Granted, in the states if you're paying your own healthcare it can be expensive. I don't think universal healthcare could ever work for everyone with 330 million people here (Canada has 37 million). I contribute a set amount weekly to my employer's healthcare plan and it isn't bad at all. It was only a few years ago that I didn't have to contribute anything weekly. Canada is really getting beat up lately- the exchange rate is the lowest it has been since 2003 if I recall correctly.
I'd have to think that with almost everyone on lockdown, they still won't able to raise prices very much due to low demand, even after SA and Russia cut production. Also, the oil price in western Canada is down to around 7 bucks per barrel.
