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California’s Gavin Newsom Proposes Tax on Drinking Water in First Budget
Breitbart ^ | January 13, 2019 | Joel B. Pollak

Posted on 01/13/2019 12:48:00 PM PST by Trump20162020

California Governor Gavin Newsom proposed his first budget for the state on Friday, and it includes a tax on drinking water.

The budget, titled “California for All,” declares drinking water a “fundamental right,” and adds: “The Budget includes short-term measures to bring immediate relief to communities without safe drinking water and also proposes an ongoing sustainable funding source to address this problem into the future.”

The San Francisco Chronicle notes: “The details of the proposed tax are unknown, but a similar proposal was abandoned by then-Governor Jerry Brown last year after failing to garner enough support in the legislature.”

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; drinkingwater; gavinnewsom; medicareforall; newsom; obamacare; prop6; proposition6; tax; taxes; water
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To: Qiviut

You beat me. (I need to catch my breath.)


81 posted on 01/13/2019 4:52:08 PM PST by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: Innovative

They should move then...


82 posted on 01/13/2019 5:29:25 PM PST by dpetty121263
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To: Trump20162020

Next: A tax on taking a piss on the grounds that you are wasting water.

The more you pee, the more you pay. These California commies are going to get you, coming and going.


83 posted on 01/14/2019 2:51:55 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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