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.”
Get rid of your stinking governor!
Forget N. Korea or Russia, I say we nuke California!
NO OTHER STATES WOULD LET THAT HAPPEN ONLY IN BROWN STATE.
Moonbeam has us using special gas, yes he sold the democrats of this state that line, we have summer gas and then we have winter gas, isn’t that special???? One costs more, which is great…so we have that and now he wants more money over next 10 years, 12 cents a gallon more tax, and $48 more for registration on car a year , and that is for 18 yr old car, which we already pay 109.00 a yr, newer cars are at least (5-6 yr old) 300.00 a yr so they will probably pay 400.00 plus smog, 60.00, he needs 56 billion..and we will be driving on potholes and sinking roads, by falling dams and bridges, but not to worry, “his$#%&!@*will be at his ranch,” “and if he doesn’t get these taxes, WE will be in big trouble”exactly what he said on news, we didn’t vote, democrats pushed it thru of course
No worries, North Korea might just take care of that problem before the quake does, at least moonbeam, Nancy Pelosi, Maxzine Waters, the Hollywood elites celebrities will be gone!!
Sucks to be a liberal in CA, doesn’t it?
I am not sure about that at all. WA is as bad.
Keep paying for you illegal c**p!
And Keep Giving Their Monies To ILLEGALS & REFUGEES ? SMH
Good!!!