thats because in the people's republics of Euroland they tax gas at 90% to pay for 'free' healthcare and welfare parasites.
we don't go in for that much here.
although here in LA it's $4+ and climbing. A sign of the healthy global economy, apparently
healthcare is not free we pay a shitload of taxes every month form out paychecks to pay for it.
Goverments tax the gas to have enough money for useless things like army, international aid, helping the lazy farmers etc etc...
however its in your country where people live completely free i read this cases where black families and native american families have not worked a day for 3 generations lol.