Reply #21: US gov't pays $1.50/gal ($166 million/mo.) to ship gas into Iraq [View All]

[Barkley]

That's what the AP reported last June:

“Iraqis pay just five cents for a gallon - thanks to hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. taxpayer subsidies. Since Iraq has little capacity to refine its own gasoline, the U.S. government pays about $1.50 a gallon to purchase fuel in neighboring countries and deliver it to Iraqi filling stations. A three-month supply costs American taxpayers more than $500 million, not including the cost of military escorts.”

Associated Press
June 5, 2004
http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_gas_060504,00.html