re: #924 OldLineTexan

Gas stations make very little on gas; hence the ubiquitous beer and cigarette stands posing as stores.

Okay, you’re right… the gas station wasn’t a very good example. On the other hand, it still goes to the tanker truck drivers that get the gas there, and to the various other parts of the gas and oil company that exists here in the USA involved in getting that gas and oil FROM the border TO the gas stations, and to all the parts of that system that actually involve processing and making the various mixes of gasoline made for the various regions of the USA, and so on and so on.