California adds 12 cent gas tax and 20 cent diesel tax

fj12ryder wrote:

lanerd wrote:
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If, and that's a big if.... the increase in gas tax is used ONLY for highway infrastructure...that will be great and I'm more than willing to pay the increase.:C

Ron

Really, it doesn't matter to California whether you're more than willing or not. If you want gas/diesel you'll pay it. Like it or lump it. :)

And that's a fact Jack! However my statement was just meant that "I" personally not only will (due to the fact I don't have a choice as long as I live in California), be willing!

That's all folks.

Ron

A similar situation is going on here in Colorado about raising taxes for roads. But the saving grace is the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) in that any tax has to be put on a ballot and put to vote. It is slated to go on the ballot but is projected to fail.

RVMike wrote:
The money will not go to the roads, they have done this 3 other times and the roads are still ****. The Governor has the power to declare any program in financial need and can take the funds from any program. California is always broke but finds funds to help illegals.

Right on the mark.

RT

The money will not go to the roads, they have done this 3 other times and the roads are still ****. The Governor has the power to declare any program in financial need and can take the funds from any program. California is always broke but finds funds to help illegals.

I'm from SC where as illustrated we have low gas taxes and have driven all over the state. We have some terrible roads and bridges yet some places have good ones. Perhaps some Senators brother in law owns a road paving company which is why some are good and some are bad. There have been ongoing fights in the legislature about the topic of roads for years and zip/squat has been done. They have done little to improve funding nor have they fixed what's either gross negligence, incompetence, or corruption.

fj12ryder wrote:

John & Angela wrote:
... It will be a 100 dollar registration fee for electric vehicles from what I understand. This is a good thing and for those of us who drive electric vehicles this is something that we expected and in a way hoped for. Everybody has to contribute. Both our vehicles are electric and I would imagine our province will follow suit soon enough.

Seriously?! Do you also pay your user fees for online purchases that don't charge sales tax? Why would you willingly send good money after bad? :)

:) Heh Heh. I suppose. But there is an impression that we EV drivers have a free ride because of course we don't buy fuel. How they spend it is out of our control but I think its important to pitch in with everybody else.

We are well travelled and have seen many countries where taxes are very low. None of them are places I want to live. :)

i live here in Califunnyland

and our roads are terrible

IF they spend the money on the roads, i can live with the increse fuel cost

i fear the money will go elsewhere

the lotto was supposed to cure school cost problems

citizens gamble like crazy on the lotto, where is the 'F-ing' money going
lotto administration costs ?

Unfortunately, Indiana is in the process of doing the exact same thing. Not only are they trying feverishly to increase tax on fuel, but they are working feverishly to enact a $5 wheel tax on every wheel on your vehicle, plus $150 at registration for electric cars. This has been on the local news pretty consistent for the last several weeks. They keep pushing for additional taxes somewhere. It's crazy. To the best of my knowledge, nothing has made it through YET!

FYI, the county I live in already charges a wheel tax on everything on the road. Now they want to add another one at the state level? Sheesh!

John & Angela wrote:
... It will be a 100 dollar registration fee for electric vehicles from what I understand. This is a good thing and for those of us who drive electric vehicles this is something that we expected and in a way hoped for. Everybody has to contribute. Both our vehicles are electric and I would imagine our province will follow suit soon enough.

Seriously?! Do you also pay your user fees for online purchases that don't charge sales tax? Why would you willingly send good money after bad? :)

lanerd wrote:
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If, and that's a big if.... the increase in gas tax is used ONLY for highway infrastructure...that will be great and I'm more than willing to pay the increase.:C

Ron

Really, it doesn't matter to California whether you're more than willing or not. If you want gas/diesel you'll pay it. Like it or lump it. :)