According to published reports, the state has the third highest gas tax.  Go figure.  The dems must be in charge.

From the New Haven Register:

Connecticut is third in the nation when it comes to public policies that help reduce oil dependence and, because of affluent Fairfield County, it is the least vulnerable for continued oil “addiction,” according to a new report.

The Natural Resources Defense Council, a nonprofit environmental organization with offices as near as New York City and as far as Beijing, released its second annual report Tuesday, titled “Ranking States’ Oil Vulnerability and Solutions for Change.”

The 20-page document identifies each state’s vulnerability to spikes in oil prices, and highlights each is doing “to break their addiction to oil.”

The vulnerability rankings are based on the percentage of personal income spent on gasoline in each state in 2007, including state and federal taxes.

In Connecticut, drivers spend 3.17 percent of their annual income, or $1,714 per year, at the gas pump. That is the lowest percentage in the country, according to the NRDC report. The highest portion of income, 7.87 percent, or $2,268 per year, is in Mississippi.

On its surface, the data seems to contradict the fact that state motorists Tuesday paid an average of $4.33 per gallon for regular gasoline, the fourth-highest price in the nation.

But Deron Lovaas, a contributing author to the report, said the goal is not to drive gas prices down.

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