California is getting even more expensive
On 11/1/2017 The gasoline tax will increase by 12 cents, from 18 cents to 30 cents per gallon The excise tax on diesel fuel will rise 20 cents, to 36 cents per gallon. And the diesel sales ta...
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wing_zealot wrote:I don't know if agricultural diesel will be effected by the rise in tax. Transportation is just a small part of fuel consumption. Commodities rise in price because of supply and demand. You are correct in that if enough products are,available from lower cost sources it should have minimal impact on prices.colliehauler wrote:Since most commodities are shipped by rail the cost to consumers is minimal. In any event, when CA lettuce becomes to expensive people will simply buy lettuce from Az or Mexico; or not buy it at all and eat cottage cheese from WI instead. I stopped drinking coffee when the price spiked a while back. In reality, the people in CA are the ones that will bare the majority of the burden; they got what they apparently want.
While a lot of people don't live there it still effects them as well. California is responsible for a lot of the food we eat. The higher cost of fuel will be passed on to the consumer.
