Posted on 06/24/2020 10:50:58 AM PDT by Vendome
So, I'm headed to the office and take a detour to get my car washed and drive right in - - no line and no one in front of me.
Unreal.
At 9am there should be a several cars in line but, nope.
It occurs to me that the little guys who use to wash my car or dry are probably out jobs for quite a while.
Why?
Well, with everyone being paid to work from home by their employers and other being paid to stay home by the American Taxpayer (who went to work today) It makes sense there would be less need to have your car washed because fewer people are actually "going to work".
Speaking of "Going to Work" driving what has become routine and that is ***There is no rush hour anymore or for the last 4 months***
I'm driving down a highway that at rush hour should be pretty packed but, I perform a manual VASCAR of the vehicles in front of me and determine they are 1/3 of a mile in front of me.
That is the closest car at rush hour(whatever that means anymore) is a long way off, which shouldn't be.
But, here we are.
So, next thought was: "With less cars on the road that means less gas consumed and less gas consumed must mean lower tax revenue, which in California is $.87 cents per gallon".
That can't be good.
If there are less miles being driven resulting in lower intake of revenue then the next question is: "How are they going to pay for the maintenance of roads?"
Which is funny because a good portion of the taxes on a gallon of gasoline simply goes to the general fund.
Finally, we have what? 5 or 6 bridges the San Francisco Bay Area?
Well, they charge $5, $6, $7 dollars or whatever to cross.
Normally there is a line to cross the bridge that spans from Emeryville to San Francisco and can then congestion on the bridge.
That's why smart people purchase the FasTrack beacon enabling you fly by everyone and pay for your toll electronically saving some time.
Well, now there are "Zero" lines to cross that bridge or any other for that matter and "Nada" congestion.
Those $5, $6, $7 toll revenues have been slashed, by my estimate, some 60% or more.
How will they pay for the maintenance of the bridges? Which is funny again because a good portion of those tolls also go to various general funds in each county and the state.
Now, if some counties charge a higher tax for sitting in a restaurant than they do for take out, how will they make for the lost revenue?
Tickets for parking? Who is getting a ticket these days? I parked in a tow away twice last week with the full knowledge "Ain't no one around so, no crime"
At some point when does the givernment lay off workers like has been done in the private sector?
Givernment workers seem to be fully employed and some are working from home while receiving full pay because their office is closed.
Like DMV : https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/26/california-dmv-to-open-46-more-field-offices-including-eight-more-across-bay-area/
With 71 offices expected to be open for business by Thursday, the remaining 99 DMV offices around the state will remain closed for now.
Oh, and behind the wheel driving tests are cancelled for now and until who knows when.
That is all
Well, what the c**p do they expect?
Taxation is used to discourage something.
They got what they asked for.
OH NO. Our revenue is down. How will the oppressed people (our slaves) survive?
Well, with everyone being paid to work from home
= = =
So how does that work for a car wash business?
California leftist should rejoice...less cars, less pollution..hallelujah!
Even with the high gas tax roads are not maintained. More than likely they are diverted to pay for illegals.
Some time ago Pe-lousy propsed an entrance toll for people taveling into SF. Look for many such taxes in the future.
Kookiefornia is jacked on state and local sales taxes. Why can’t they use those?
(OTOH, if teleworking becomes a permanent thing, that pretty much resolves the whole “toll lanes” issue — that is, we simply won’t need them; they’ll be both unfeasible and unnecessary.)
I was on I-80 going into San Francisco one busy Sunday in 2014. I must have spent at least a half hour waiting to get through the SF-Oakland tolls.
Yeah, well they are building Fastrack lane on 880 for what I don’t know but, they are not needed and no one can figure out when they are alllowed in a lane they paid for
My pickup truck had a little over 50% of a tank on 12 March, and I filled up my wife’s Lexus on 12 March because the next day she had a same day procedure at a Kaiser hospital.
The next day, they were literally closing the hospital down as the nurse wheeled my wife out to the curb for me to pick her up in front of the hospital at about 3 pm.
That, was our first clue of what was coming re the Covid 19 shutdowns. The traffic coming home on a Friday was lighter than normal.
One of our family members called to see how my wife was. My wife answered and said she was fine. The family member said that our world had changed due to a virus. She said that we should stop for any needed groceries or gas. We were okay. We asked what was happening. She told us to turn on the radio, as she couldn’t really explain what was happening.
We couldn’t believe that our world was being shut down for a virus. When you are in your 80’s, your personal history says
“That Ain’t possible!”
We got home with zero problems. We called our relatives and close friends to let them know my wife was fine. One of the close friends is a member of our church, and she said that our church would be closed for Sat nite and Sunday services. She didn’t know for how long. (still closed)
We turned the car radio on , and they were trying to explain
what was happening and would happen.
We couldn’t believe that our world was being shut down for a virus. When you are in your 80’s, your personal history says
“That Ain’t possible!”
After that, we didn’t use our vehicles except to pick up groceries for a couple of months.
You don’t need to buy a lot of gas while sheltering and cowering.
The two key phrases:
1) “At some point when does the government lay off workers like has been done in the private sector?”
2)”Government workers seem to be fully employed and some are working from home while receiving full pay because their office is closed. “
Government benefits and security have far eclipsed those of the private sector. And, they have the nerve to complain that they lack tax funding and it should therefore be Federalized, i.e., taxed or borrowed across the entire country.
Perhaps your mis-spelling of government as givernment was deliberate, and I shouldn’t have spell-corrected, haha.
Well, reduced tax income, eh??
Our esteemed DEMOCRAT ruling class has the answer -— keep the state locked down, close businesses, stifle spending, kill jobs...
Yes, that will fix the tax revenue issue.....
Never, them there are Dem voters, we need to expand government not shrink it. We'll just raise taxes.
Depends on how you view things.
Do you think you are justly being represented and governed by a government?
Do you believe you are forced work everyday for your lively hood and aspirations while others are paid to sit at home and get their education from “The View”?
So, “The Taxpayer” goes to work each day because millions of welfare recipients are depending them”
Givernment....
Frankly, at this point in time, considering the various Federal agencies that seem to be politically arrayed against us, I’d be happy to see a serious drop in funding for the US government, even though I would probably lose my own job as a result. It’s that serious.
So, folks, take all the exemptions that you can on your W-4’s!
https://patch.com/california/across-ca/driving-tests-resume-california-dmv-offices
Umm. You seem to be a little behind the times.
State and local taxes of many types are well below their usual take. And that’s not ending until states reopen completely.
It will get interesting soon.
Probably go after Prop 13 and hack everybody’s property tax.
“hack” s/b “jack”.
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