Posted on 06/30/2019 4:47:25 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's nation-leading gas prices are set to climb even higher Monday, when the state gas tax increases another 5.6 cents a gallon. It's the latest increase from a 2017 law designed to raise about $5 billion a year for road and mass transit programs. A 12 cent-per-gallon boost came that November, and voters last year rejected a Republican-led effort to repeal the law. But Southern California voters did recall one Democratic lawmaker who helped pass the measure. California motorists were paying an average $3.75 per gallon as of late June, far above the national average of $2.71 calculated by AAA . The gas tax will increase to 47.3 cents a gallon July 1, according to the state Board of Equalization, and continue to increase indefinitely starting next year to keep up with the California Consumer Price Index.
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With that high of a road tax, California must have the best roads in the USA!
Why only 6 cents? I thought Californians wanted to save the planet. They are acting a bit stingy here.
Illinois goes up $0.19 cent per gallon tomorrow
Ohio’s price goes up 6 cents tomorrow as well.
Socialism at work. ...again
How can that be? The other two states are Demonrat, Ohio is not!
Have to pay for those new illegal citizens
It is the main reason Tom Corbett was a single term GOP governor, being voted out in 2014.
Socialism: you vote your way in but have to shoot your way out.
JoMa
Remember to top off the tank in Ehrenberg.
Bet the money will go into their general fund to pay for illegal’s med/housing/schooling, etc.
Tom Corbett was a crook...
He started the investigation that smeared Joe Paterno as Attorney General and then was the judge as he automatically was on the Penn State Board of Trustees as Governor.
His interim job between Attorney General and Governor was in-house legal counsel for Waste Management... Need I say more.
I discovered a very large fraud during an investigation I was doing when Slick Eddie Rendell was Governor and I prepared the file to turn over to Corbett as Attorney General for investigation. I researched Corbett’s background first and threw the entire file into the incinerator as I did not want to get caught between two corrupt politicians.
Great summary.
And the new ammunition law...
Big oil, robbing the people.. Oh, wait a minute!
“Illinois goes up $0.19 cent per gallon tomorrow”
Wow! Just read Chicago will have a %0.99 tax per gallon.
From the FAQ https://www.dir.ca.gov/OPRL/CPI/faqs.htm#q6
Q6. What goods and services does the CPI cover?
TRANSPORTATION (new vehicles, airline fares, gasoline, motor vehicle insurance);
Also included within these major groups are various government-charged user fees, such as water and sewage charges, auto registration fees, and vehicle tolls. The CPI also includes taxes (such as sales and excise taxes) that are directly associated with the prices of specific goods and services.
I always do!!!
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