The good news is that premium isn’t much more than regular. Here in KY, most stations charge $.60 more for premium. That is more than 20% more.
I have an FR-S that burns premium. It has 170k miles on it. Fortunately, Kroger is only $.30 more for premium so it’s where I fuel up. But this is the last car I will ever own that burns premium. Period. Exception: If I get a “show” car...
Illegals, needles for druggies, etc cost money....gotta pay for them somehow.
A tax that will it the working class especially hard. How very... progressive.
Californias custom gas designed by politicians poisoned the ground water of the entire state in years past.
California is a zombie case study of why populist politicians vs statesmen are a danger to a republic.
Trump is an example of a Statesman, Obama and Hillery are pure populist. Democracy is for Dodos, who by the way went extinct.
Then the state gov’t will commission a “study” to determine why gasoline costs so much.
One defining characteristic of “liberalism” is the complete absence of recognizing “cause” and “effect”. Then they double down on whatever particular insanity caused the effect in the first place. I suppose that’s a feature, not a bug in their eyes. A related but important characteristic in their expert stewardship manipulating the levers of power is that they imagine they can tweak or fine tune a specific problem in isolation without having an outsize effect somewhere else.
Of course it generally involves money, so in this instance they’ll probably start handing out gasoline vouchers. Modern government is when someone shows up while you’re minding your own business, breaks your leg, hands you a crutch, and says “Aren’t you glad I came along?”
The roads here are perfect, that is by the politicians homes.
The rest of us get a bumpy ride.
Reality Check: It’s not all Taxes.
California is the ONLY state still importing significant amounts of Middle Eastern Crude because they refuse to build a pipeline to the Southwest.
If there is a disruption in the Supply of ME Crude - California is going to be Hosed. While the rest of the USA is just fine.
That’s really bright...
Wackifornia already has the highest taxes in the country, the highest cost of living in the country, 150,000 people leaving a year as a result, and these morons increase taxes...
I also read not long ago their background check for purchasing ammo just went into effect, sanctuary cities are refusing to follow the laws, greatest homeless populations in the country...
And they probably act like they just don’t understand why those 150,000 people leave every year...I can see their snowflake governor...well, I guess we just have to tax the crap out of those who haven’t left...
Didn’t the Beatles write a song about this?
Let me tell you how it will be
There’s one for you nineteen for me...
[snip]
(If you drive a car car) I’ll tax the street
(If you try to sit sit) I’ll tax your seat
(If you get too cold cold) I’ll tax the heat
(If you take a walk walk) I’ll tax your feet
Cuz I’m the taxman...
Harrison said he wrote it because they were finally making some money, and realized they were giving most of it away in taxes.
Sounds a lot like modern day Wackifornia to me...
Land of fruits and nutz indeed...
Spot on it’s why Exon left the state they got taxed to much Ca has the buddy system.First rule to do business in Ca is bend over.
I heard that it was &0.60/gallon.
Anyway, not my problem. I’m in Texas, and will pay in the neighborhood of $2.29 the next time I fill up. In addition, California residents had the opportunity to repeal this tax increase, and they did not do so. I simply cannot understand what is wrong with people out there.
Don’
t forget California’s Clean Idle laws for diesel’s, it added $20K to the Cost to EVERY Diesel vehicle in the State, those that dodn’t retrofit had to but a New Vehicle or Leave the State.
it is a $10,000 Fine to come into the State with a Diesel Vehicle that isn’t certified Clean Idle/Clean Burn.
California also charges sales tax on gasoline.
I saw a breakdown once of the retail cost of gas in California, and how it differs from other states. And the key difference was the state gas tax being higher than other states, plus the sales tax, plus the carbon tax on gasoline.
I wish gas pumps had to show the retail price breakdown, so we would all know how much in taxes we are paying.
And as others have noted, between federal and state taxes, government makes more money per gallon, than the “evil” oil companies who do all the heavy lifting, to drill for oil and refine and deliver to your local gas station.
Just paid 3.33 per gallon the other day in La Mirada. ARCO.
Sorry, but THIS ARTICLE IS A LIE....
PA, has the lovely distinction of having the highest state gas tax in the nation.. at 57.6 cents a gallon, and the current regular, and price right now is around 2.80-2.90 a gallon.
California does have high taxes, no doubt, but it the reason its gas price is so high, is as you pointed out, not because simply of their gas tax.