The bell rings and the boxers come out of their corners , nostrils flare, muscles throb, ahhhh, It's Showtime!!!
Geeez... I thought sure it was NY! ($0.62 per gallon and counting)
Governor’s revised budget
http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/
“public transportation projects”
No, according to the law, gas taxes are suppose to go to the roads and only the roads.
Well, that "fuel tax is for the roads" thingee - maybe not so much...
**grin**
>In his new budget plan, which would need approval from the Legislature to be enacted, Schwarzenegger would ask voters for approval to borrow $15 billion over three years against future profits from the state lottery.
IOW, its illegal to steal money from this tax fund to pay for unrelated shortfalls.
>The governor wants lawmakers to agree that if the electorate were to reject that idea in November, the state’s sales tax would automatically rise by 1 percentage point.
This blackmail would be more legal with a gun, folks.
>The sales tax could remain in effect for as long as three years unless the state’s financial balance was restored
Why not 50 years?
they already use the gas tax for the welfare recipients
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Over $12 billion in services to people here illegally and no cut in services. Open up that Golden Gate............
Get laws changed to allow only legal people in public schools and the country would probably save 50 billion a year at a minimum.
Damn! I thought Texas had a spending problem. We’ve got a 10-15 $billion surplus!
The whole thing is a gagger.
http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/press-release/9599/
The Governor’s proposal also acknowledges that it is fiscally responsible to put in place a last resort safety net, so he is proposing something modeled after former Governor George Deukmejian’s sales tax trigger. If the Lottery proposal is not approved by voters in November, a trigger would go off that would temporarily raise the sales tax by one cent. The sales tax triggers off when the rainy day fund is full or by 2010, whichever occurs first. When the economy recovers and the rainy day fund is full, taxpayers would receive rebates until the entirety of the sales tax increase is paid back in full. This safety net would be a last resort, and the Governor intends to never have to use it.
Every two years we vote on an initiative that’s supposed to prohibit the taking of gas tax funds for purposes other than roads, yet they keep finding ways to steal it. I guess it’s going to take a mob with pitchforks to convey the message that this crap has to end.