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.”
Yet one more reason to move out of CA.
I did in 2005 and never looked back. And thank God I did. CA is way to liberal and tax hungry.
So it goes in California…it will go in Washington DC…just a question of time. Fruits and nuts sprinkling their special BS across the land. Unfortunately they have always had this misguided idea if it is good for them it should be a law for everybody to follow.
When will we realize http://www.MoneyDoesNothing.com and change how we live
It always starts in the land of fruits and nuts !! 🙁
This is just another way for the government, be it local, state, or federal, to keep us under their thumb. This is just one more way to see that we are unable to save a few dollars, so that we can be better providers for our families. It basically is nothing more than government greed. This “Keep ’em poor, keep ’em in line”, mentality of the government, is ruining this nation.
Another B.S. ruse for taxing the american people.
The average Person from California is about 1/2 as smart as a Monkey… They will pay it .. They are Morons .. You want Proof ? look at the clowns they elect !!
Well Said Drew…well said…….I’m amazed at how stupid they are..and it seems it’s an epidemic….worse then Ebola…
got to stop all new fees , taxes and increases
http://www.caintv.com/climate-scientist-dr.roy-spenc
Only in California where they tax the hell out of everything so they can give it all free to the Illegals. I have said for years just give the dam state back to Mexico and build a fence around it.
Wow what a concept! I love it…if only we could…