Posted on 11/15/2012 9:34:50 PM PST by Schatze
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGO) -- A controversial plan to raise the cost of registering your car in California could soon be in the works in Sacramento. Even with the Democrats' new supermajority, there are doubts lawmakers will be able to push through another tax.
In what could be the Democrats' first test in the new supermajority powers in the Legislature, a group called Transportation California has asked St. Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, to introduce legislation to triple the vehicle license fee you pay to register your cars.
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Even with the Democrats’ new supermajority, there are doubts lawmakers will be able to push through another tax.
hmmm not really.
Where are those Liberals going to move? I hope not Texas it could turn blue
DO IT!!!!!
California Communism File.
Indeed. They are colonizing Nevada, Colorado, and New Mexico, and of course Oregon asnd Washington. Here in Texas, it is Travis County where Austin is. They go where they find lower taxes, and then vote to jack them up.
They will more likely pass a hundred little fee and tax hikes, each time they will point to how small it is.
“It’s just a tiny increase, why worry?”
Once they have completely wrecked California, they will move on to other states to spread their social justice.
That’s for sure. Colorado has been turned blue by fleeing Californians, who can’t or don’t connect the dots between how they vote and why they needed to leave.
And don't forget all of those rrrrrrich tech companies in Silicon Valley.
It could, but it doesn’t matter.
Florida and Ohio are already blue, the GOP is aced out right now today.
We lived in CA for only a year, and that was enough! Auto plates registration was based on age of car and it was $700 for my newer car. A classic practice on how to discourage buying new cars. Democrats are absolutely nuts.
Vehicle registration fee in California on a new car worth $25,000 is about $250 a year now (perhaps someone in Calfornia has a better number).
What are registration fees in other states?
Yeah, but isn’t it Liberal Season soon in Texas ??? (evil grin)
I did a dumb thing and got a ticket for talking on my cell phone while driving. The fine was $20, but with all the extra “fees” (local, county, and state), the total came to $162.
A red light ticket here in California can easily run $500 depending on the city.
The legislature is so crazy that even our loony liberal governor warned them to take it easy.
What a burden on working people who have no other way to get to work. Public transportation is not available to get to many jobs.
For Florida: Fees range from $46.15 to $141.30, depending on taxes, county fees, car weight, and whether it’s paid annually or biennially.
They want to discourage cars, period. They want everyone on trains, buses or bikes -- or best of all, on foot.
I propose never moving to CA (again).
That same $25k new vehicle in Minnesota would be $324 (+ county stuff which varies). The $324 rate would apply to the first 2 years and then it goes down in small steps from there.
Mexifornia will be the first 100% government-operated State. But first you have to drive the non-compliance types out; TAX THEM OUT. What’s left is one hell of a manual workforce from Mexico.
The only ones who will not have to pay are those who don’t have to pay now.
Illegal Aliens, no insurance, no license, no registration fees.
Oh well, whenever you get pulled over just remember these words...No Habla Elengles, or words to that effect.
...Travis County where Austin is. They go where they find lower taxes, and then vote to jack them up.”
and take away the plastic bags in the grocery store and remove all the snack machines from City Hall. It’s just beginning in Texas.
Just got our bill for a 2001 Ford F150...Oregon...$86.00/yr
To heck with the idea of buiding a fence on the mexican border - we need to build a fence around kalifornia to keep those crazy libtards contained!
Do it and let it burn.
In CA, according to their website, a new car costing x dollars would be .0065x+81. Example: A certain car costs $25,000 new. At 0.0065(25000)+81 the registration would be 243.50. The 81 dollars goes to fees for registration, highway patrol and inspection exemption (no inspection for 1st 6 years but they charge 12 dollars for it anyway). I think my registration was about $55 in Ohio on a 15 year old clunker.
The Rats have a short memory. A hike in vehicle fees got Gray Davis recalled from office just about 10 years ago.
Yes, it can happen again, even in California.
Why not have a “FRUIT TAX” in California? That would pay for everything with some money left over. Why San Francisco could pay for the whole highway system makeover just by itself.
Better yet, why not have a CEREAL TAX? You would be taxing every fruit, nut and flake in the state, including those in the State Legislature. Money for all and to all a goodnight.
Niiice...
I feel bad for the hard working Californians that are being fleeced.
That's part of the message. California has been wasting many thousands of dollars in the last couple years converting auto lanes to bicycle paths. They take two lanes in each direction and downsize that to one lane for autos. The bicycle paths are seldom in use.
I've got several cars, but will downsize. Lots of people doing this will decrease the amount of registration fees collected. Unintended consequences. Hike taxes, get less money collected.
They will move to Texas or any red state that does not have this crap and ruin it, the same way they ruined their own states.
I must say for cali to do this, it is extremely racist, given the impact on the illegal aliens and the black gangsters.
No kidding. It's like they all have turds stuck in their unders and they can't understand why everywhere they go they smell stink.
Unbelieveable!!!
Idiot do gooder dem voters. You hurt the exact working poor you always talk about helping. The stupid do gooder save the earth regulations make their gasoline costs higher, so they can’t even buy other necessities with gas prices so high. And now you vote in the super majority who can do things like triple the car tax, making the working poor stick with dangerous old cars that are affordable tax wise, if they can even afford cars.
Liberal = pain for the honest working folk and goodies for the lazy. Unintended consequences.
Stop categorizing all Californians as losers. “They” include very decent conservatives who see nothing else but to leave the state. California conservatives are strong and deep — we have to be, living here. There are a lot of us, even though we are outnumbered. Never forget. If it weren’t for Californians you wouldn’t have a FR.
People don’t realize that every dollar sucked out of people’s wallet is money that is taken out of money circulation where is can grow new wealth. New wealth may come from the money market which brings new capital to businesses. Someone like Facebook entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg who is “focused on building as high quality and good things as you are” takes that capitol and hires more than 2000 people. Since, Zukkerberg’s Facebook headquarters is located in Palo Alto, California, maybe it is time he move his headquarters somewhere else.
“The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing.” Jean Baptiste Colbert
Just bought another car. I beat you Kommies.....
I’m keeping my old cars. I won’t feed the ‘rat tumor by buying a new one..
Folks, I’m a Californian, and I’d gladly pay the tripled fees.
I want the rest of my fellow Californians to get a real eye full of what supporting Democrats gets you.
Seriously, raise away Democrats. Just triple everything. I can’t wait.
Triple property taxes. Triple license fees. Triple registration fees. Raise income taxes by 25%. Raise sales taxes by 10 percent. Charge fees on gaining entry to the DMV office. Place a fee on every soft drink. Place more fees on liquor. Take a 32% cut in child support. Take a 40% cut in alimony.
Hey you Lefties..., you wanted a Socialist state, enjoy.
Just go for it boys. The more the better.
recently renewed my tags, for my 2010 KIA FortE THAT i purchased out the door for 13.500 new in 2010 this year my registration was $69, license fee $83, $8 dollar county district fees, smog abatement fee? was $20.00 ,grand total $180.00,to get this years tags, last year it was $230.00 these were fees for california...
We keep ours for a long time. We’ll be buying a new vehicle to replace our 13 year old Mountaineer in March. My Mariner will be seven years old the same month.
Does my heart good to avoid sales tax and high registration fees.
The cars run fine, but this is pushing the limits quite a bit.
That’s who’s voting for these scumbag dems who’ve ruined the state: illegal aliens and blacks. Especially the illegals - they want “free” womb to the tomb and their not only isn’t any voter ID check there isn’t even any to sign up to vote.
Pepe speaking not a word of English, barefoot, with a bigass sombrero could sign an X and swear up and down on a stack of tamales he was a citizen, and he could sign up to vote.
Decades ago Californians BEGGED for a fence to keep them the hell out — we were laughed at by other states: “not our problem, deal with it” — now that the illegals have infested every other nook and cranny in all 50 states it’s suddenly “a problem.”
Well, 49 other states you stood by and watched California go from 6th largest economy in the world to being taken over by 3rd world dirtbags — get used to what’s coming down the pike — you don’t fix the leak in the dike don’t be surprised when it breaks and floods and ruins everything.
Why stop at tripling the fee?? Increase it by a factor of 10 and really make things interesting.
I just don`t know how honest, hardworking people scratch out a living out there, what with politicians mugging them at every turn.
I would believe it. We don’t have near the problem in Kentucky where I’m at but I see a number of leftwingers I know have been transplanted from 5th column states like California and I know they have brought there voting habits with them. It’s amazing to me how successful some of these people are career wise, which would include business careers, yet they are not smart enough to connect the hardship to their own careers and businesses that their marxist voting habits produce. It is beyond maddening.
These small tax increases are just boiling the water for the frog.
They should immediately tax cars at their face value—doubling the price.
Then the frogs might notice.
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