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Posted February 25, 2013 by Rogers Healy

What Happened 94 Years Ago Today?

 

94 years ago today, Oregon imposed the countries first gas tax. It was a 5¢ per gallon tax. In the following decade, all of the U.S. states (48 at the time), along with the District of Columbia, introduced a gasoline tax. By 1939, an average tax of 3.8¢ per gallon of fuel was levied by the individual states.

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Posted April 3, 2012 by Rogers Healy

America's Healthiest Housing Markets Fueled by Oil

Dallas, Midland, Tulsa, Billings, Oklahoma City, and Corpus Christi are all booming with new oil production, all made HomeValueForecast.com's top ten list of March markets, and all missed the housing boom and bust. Coincidence?

 

America's pain at the pump is creating low unemployment rates and higher property values in oil centers. New fractioning techniques are making shale oil formations like the Eagle Ford Shale in Texas more accessible.

 

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