Do High Energy Cost(s) Tax Tax Tax Personal and Real Wealth?

Question

When Mainstream America has to dip into savings and other ordinary income for higher gasoline prices and energy, does this equate to another form Taxation? Are Mainstream Americans now being Taxed by Corporations?

Answer 1

Way off base

Taxes are required to be paid and you receive nothing (directly from that tax) from it. You pay a price in exchange for a good or service from a company.

bottomline: taxes are mandatory, price being paid is voluntary

Answer 2

Taxes have to be paid and you receive nothing from it. You pay a price in exchange for a good or service from a company.

Answer 3

No, it equates to( highway robbery,) and other countries are paying even more for gasoline, three months ago I was in Vegas  and shocked to hear from some visitors how much more they were paying.