Posted on 12/15/2012 11:20:45 AM PST by twistedwrench
All registered owners of vehicles weighing more than 26,000 GVW have received this letter over the past couple weeks. This edict, only applies to diesel powered vehicles used as a function of business. Privately used vehicles are exempt, at this time. Compliance is very expensive, Diesel Particulate Filters, start around $10,000.00 per vehicle. New vehicles are as high as, $140,000.00. This is an enormous expense to California business owners, which obviously will be passed on. California business also has to comply with a carbon credit scam and undoubtedly, the future recension of Prop 13 protection of commercial property.
There are no words that can describe the insanity of the people controlling this state.
Brought to you by the Schwarzenegger-Moonbeam Axis.
It's an Upside-Down World After All.
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Trucker ping...
To shut down would be to surrender. The only way to respond in a principled way is to move your business to another state or in such a way that the people and government of California pay the price for their idiocy (as they also would if you shut down), but in such a way that YOU DON'T. Of course, if a business owner voted for these fools, then please ignore this message. That is all.
How can they prohibit operation and still charge a fine per day? If you can’t operate it, then your refraining from operating it is [expensive] compliance already. How can they fine you for the number of days you choose the compliance method they don’t prefer??
I’m in CA, it needs to be worse than Detroit before some get that the direction of the state is bad.
Too many on hand outs and government employee welfare to care what you do to the private sector.
IMO the private sector should slow down to survival mode as best it can for the next four years then grow when a real AMERICAN oriented President next takes office.
ROTFLMAO... good one dagogo.
Exactly. They not only talk the talk but also walk the walk of belief that capitalism and business are bad.
It would be morally wrong to steal from them the chance to prove the rightness, or lack thereof, of those beliefs, especially if you suffer in the process.
Right. Even if they had the will to do so, which they don't.
Great post.
As a lifelong Californian, I agree. I have commented to my local rep, dont even waste the taxpayers money by traveling to Sacramento to vote present.
Just stay away and let the Libs burn down the house.
Convert to compressed natural gas.
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