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 $0.10 per gallon fee is not a set price – it’s determined by California’s “cap-and-trade” market in which various industries trade their permits covering specific amounts of emissions, the total of which is capped by the state.
In other words, the “global warming” fee can go up.
“In August, California’s legislative analyst estimated that, by 2020, retail prices were likely to rise between 13 cents and 20 cents a gallon because of cap-and-trade,” McSwain added. “But the analyst, Mac Taylor, warned that increases could exceed 50 cents in some cases.”
“And an oil-industry group warned the costs could spike to 76 cents, based on state figures.”
This is intentional; the “cap-and-trade” system was designed to raise gas prices and energy costs using artificial scarcity created through the hoax of man-made “global warming.”
“Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket,” President Obamatold reporters in 2008. “Coal-powered plants, you know, natural gas, you name it, whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, they would have to retrofit their operations. That will cost money.”
“They will pass that money on to consumers.”
I guess that would basically nullify the EPA rite?
THIS IS BS.
Chris Miller why should I be embarrassed to live in California? I don’t run this mess and damned sure didn’t vote for the Horses$#%&!@*that is currently the Governor. However I can help with this Governor’s Recall.
The shame and embarrassment is theirs not the conservatives in California!
It is called a global warming fee however it is morethan likely in response to Trumps threat to cut thier funds due to sanctuary cities.
GOOD, CALIFORNIA ISN’T THE BIGGEST LIABILITY AMERICA HAS.
This is total bull$#%&!@*by only California if I didn’t have to live here I would move I hate California. I hate the Hollywood people and I hate the left fucking bull$#%&!@*
Need to steal some money to pay for the illegal welfare crowd, lmao
The people and California will all be broke soon.
Hopefully new members to SCOTUS will view tax on tax illegal, along with cap and trade
Somebody please stop this nonsense. Where is the crack in fault that will make them float away.