A $.10 fee is now being added to each gallon of gas, before sales tax, in California. It is a tax, but that isn’t what they are calling it. Instead, the fee is described as an amount paid by gas retailers when distributors load tanker trucks.
So California drivers are being forced to pay a tax on a tax. How soon will other states follow?
“The global warming fee, which is variable and could soar in the future, added about a dime this week,” Dan McSwain of UT San Diego said. “Then the state adds 2.25% of the full retail price – including those other fees and taxes – while city and county sales taxes add more (0.5% in most of San Diego County).”
Many drivers haven’t noticed the increase yet due to the plummeting gas prices, but they will eventually because the $0.10 per gallon fee is not a set price – it’s determined by California’s “cap-and-trade” market in which various industries trade their permits covering specific amounts of emissions, the total of which is capped by the state.
In other words, the “global warming” fee can go up.
“In August, California’s legislative analyst estimated that, by 2020, retail prices were likely to rise between 13 cents and 20 cents a gallon because of cap-and-trade,” McSwain added. “But the analyst, Mac Taylor, warned that increases could exceed 50 cents in some cases.”
“And an oil-industry group warned the costs could spike to 76 cents, based on state figures.”
This is intentional; the “cap-and-trade” system was designed to raise gas prices and energy costs using artificial scarcity created through the hoax of man-made “global warming.”
“Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket,” President Obamatold reporters in 2008. “Coal-powered plants, you know, natural gas, you name it, whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, they would have to retrofit their operations. That will cost money.”
“They will pass that money on to consumers.”
Political pay offs.
Hey CA it is a TAX,,,,,dummies. brought to you by the beloved Democrats in your sate.
That’s the idiots from the land of fruits & nuts.
If it is before tax, it means they are paying a tax on that fee too
It’s another tax thanks to the libtards
When are we, The People going to stop being complacent and wake up to the fact that more and more taxes are levied wherever and whenever the Government wants. It used to be a joke: “How much did you make this year? Send it in!” It’s not humorous anymore!
There is no global warming. There is a religion called “Global Warming” and there are a bunch of idiot fanatic zealots running around like Chicken Little screaming about it!
Save the world from the horrible humans, the sky is falling, the sky is falling. Did they not ever read Chicken Little? hahhahahaha B
Cali is going bancrupt.. they will grab at anything they can for more revenues as they have about the top heaviest state gov. in the country and don’t have the ability to FIRE public workers because of internal rules drafted by the unions and ratified by cowardly states legislators! It’s going down the tubes and will be seeking financial bailouts from Fedzilla… and you all know who gets the bill for fedzilla don’t we? Why do you suppose Wisconsin has done away with some public employees abilities to ‘negotiate’ their salaries and job longevity? Their Governor has done this and been elected and reelected now, three times much to the chagrin of UWMadison liberals…. As long as Cali keeps Moom Beam in place, the issue won’t be brought up…
What else is new , they always find ways to take our money………..