(02-16-2018, 07:38 PM)wrong_box Wrote:

(02-16-2018, 07:12 PM)MalabarJag Wrote: True. But the grocery purchasers are ultimately responsible for the trucks wearing down the highways, since the trucks wouldn't be on the road if they weren't carrying stuff to the stores. So it's fair to charge grocery purchasers a nominal fee to keep up with road repairs. And we're talking about less than a 10% increase in the price of diesel, which is less than half the cost of transport (purchase and maintenance of the trucks are a greater expense). And transport is a small fraction of the cost of groceries. When all that is factored in what does it amount to? Less than a 1% increase in grocery price?

I understand the principle you are talking about but groceries are expensive enough right now...I cant justify the price increase tied to the increase in fuel...I have hard time justifying the price of groceries now... $5 a pound for hamburger is insane, over $5 for a small bag of potatoes makes my blood boil and when milk pushes over $4 a gallon I refuse to buy it...