Good thing my electric hybrid gets such great gas mileage so I can pay more taxes on even less gas! ;^)
Yeah, another tax. That should fix all the problems.
California....what a cool place to live!
The fees to hitch a ride north from the boarder up into central and northern California will certainly triple once the tax is imposed.
Isn't why more people are leaving California for Nevada or Utah?
It's a very bad idea...government inhibiting and interfering with the free movement of citizens in a "free" country.
So of the 3 businesses I own here in Ca and fleet of about 150 vehicles ------ lets see how much that would cost ME ---- I mean my customers.
Oh and I live in El Dorado County where more than 50% of the jobs here are NOT from the private sector but Government ---- let's see the Governments share would be ----- ?
Duh, let's see...
First we pay tax on every gallon of gas we purchase "to pay for new roads and reconstruction".
Then we pay permit fees, including road fees, for new developments (causes more traffic, you know).
Now, they want us to tell them each mile we drive, so that they can tax us on the mileage.
Next, they will know the mileage on the engine, so they can tell us when to change it (like the Japanese). Or, they could tell us when we need new tires... or an oil change...
Hmmmm. Sounds OK to me!!!!!!! NOOOOOOTTTTTTT!
It's a lot less intrusive and should appeal more to the eco-weenies.
SO9
I'm against the tax. To hear Sacramento's song and dance, they're really hurting for highway funds because cars are getting better mileage. Strangely they forget to admit that there are two or three times more cars on the roads that there were in the 70s. The income is there from the gas tax. They just aren't spending the funds on the roads. Instead they are spending multiple billions of dollars on rail lines that run for five to twenty miles to basicly nowhere.
Why do I say nowhere? Because those rail lines go nowhere near the place I work. They seldom do for anyone. If you happen to live in just the right place and work in just the right place, they may work for you. Then you have to face the fact that you'll only be able to take a taxi or walk if you need to leave the office.
Mass transit in Los Angeles is a pipe dream that will never work the way the politboro thinks.
It's time to do away with the diamond lanes, thus expanding the lanes available to all the cars by 25 to 33% Then build new lanes by stacking.
The federal government is going to manage another five to ten million newcomers to the Los Angeles area in five to ten years. Why not think ahead a little and prepare in advance.
In five to then years they'll only be able to install another two or three rail lines to nowhere. Instead, expand the roads today.
I'd like to take their electronic tracking systems and shove them where the sun don't shine. At least then we could run studies on where all the hot air really comes from. We could also limit their movements to just the supermarkets and perhaps church. This would improve society emensely.
the 'law of unintended consequences' is something libs have never understood.
may as well drive a big car and survive a crash.
vast prosperity is a wonderful "problem" to have!