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.”
Jerry Brown already bankrupt California twice. So when are they going to get smart voters….oh that’s right….millions are ILLEGAL INVADERS.
Jerry ‘moonbeam; brown was elected by the FOOLS in the larger cities,we conservatives do not stand well in IDIOTLAND!
Global warming is a means of Taxing the air-NOT real and government just willn’t let go.
Taxation without representation, remember The Boston Tea party
lol tff
money hunger
remember the revalution we had against englad over taxes? looking like it might need to happen again.
Finally a tax I can believe in, Comrades! This ought to teach those big global corporations a lesson for polluting our Earth. Right?
same as the 1% fee on building materials . If you don’t believe it take a look at you Lowes or Home Depot receipt the next time you make a building material purchase. Any effing way Gerry can squeeze a dollar out of hard working people.
ya… right its theft……. a scam
You can thank the Progressives for this! More tax and waste!!!!!!!!