Outrageous CA registration fee!

rlw999 wrote:

Teleman wrote:

We've been in this house for 12 years. Our property taxes go up as the house appreciates in value. Anything we "save" in property taxes is over compensated for in sales tax, the cost of fuel, income tax, and a million other ways the state government can reach into our wallet.

Under Prop 13, assessment increases are capped at 2%, and the SF Bay area has exceeded that rate significantly. You'd be paying far more property tax on your house if not for prop 13.

They are trying to pass a law taxing us for MILEAGE! We must pay for the privilege of each mile driven.

If road taxes are meant to pay for road wear, then mileage (with a weight multiplier) is a fair way to do that -- gas tax is no longer a proxy for miles driven since gas mileage differs so widely among vehicles and EV's don't buy gas at all.

There's not much point in complaining about taxes in the area that you chose to live in. No one lives in California because of its low cost of living.

If you think those taxes are going to go to roads you're delusional. I know about Prop 13. It's the only thing allowing the dwindling middle class to remain. Your attempt to justify a corrupt, bloated, wasteful, and entitled state government is a waste of time to those of us who see it for what it really is.