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.”
Finally a tax I can believe in, Comrades! This ought to teach those big bad global corporations a lesson for polluting mother Earth. Right? We will just give them more money for their products. They will feel so guilty, they will voluntarily stop drilling for oil.
Not a Tax hmmm ..Yah and I’m Skinny !
yuk
It is just another way to create a ‘politically correctness’ agenda which NO ONE will be able to explain why or where the money is actually going but Billions will be spent by consumers so somebody’s pockets will be lined….
The government will only do to people what the people allow. Those ignorant of their rights can expect to get the shaft.
We already pay Fed. tax on the total price which includes the State tax, just love good old Moonbeam Brown and his Progressive buddies!!
Hope this doesn’t start happening in America!
this is intentional the”cap and trade” system was design to raise gas prices and energy cost using artificial scarcity created through the hoax of man made “”global warming””
Washington is trying to pass a mileage fee…basically a tax on miles driven…inside or outside of state…and now I see Inslee wants a new gas tax to go with it…..will the money be spent on roads? think not..at least not all.
politicians can’t handle low gas prices..I guess