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California Imposes Global Warming Tax For Fuel ... On Top Of Gas Taxes
California Imposes Global Warming Tax For Fuel ... On Top Of Gas Taxes [message #285428] |
Fri, 06 March 2015 11:32 |
CyberkNight
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Californians will now have to pay yet another tax as part of the state's effort to fight global warming. Residents will now pay a global warming tax for buying gasoline on top of the already existing state gas tax.
The global warming tax on gas retailers is part of the state's cap-and-trade program. But state officials are not calling the global warming charge a tax, instead they are saying it's a fee paid by gas retailers when distributors load tanker trucks -- even though the cost is passed onto consumers through the cost of fuel.
"They are not calling it a tax, and these guys (wholesalers) are adding it to the cost of the fuel, so you are paying a tax on a tax," Max Castillo, who owns a convenience store and gas station, told the San Diego Union-Tribune. "California is the leader of the nation in paying taxes."
The global warming tax adds about 10 cents a gallon to wholesale gas prices and 12 cents to diesel prices, reports the Union-Tribune. But with gas prices down about one dollar from last year, few residents have noticed the global warming fee being added to their gas bills.
Californians pay a whopping 77 cents per gallon extra on gasoline due to fees and taxes. The Union-Tribune reports that "[e]xcise taxes... cost consumers 36 cents per gallon for the state and 18.3 cents for the federal government." This is in addition to the 2 cent underground storage tank fee and the "global warming fee, which is variable and could soar in the future, added about a dime this week."
Full article: http://dailycaller.com/2015/01/07/ca-imposes-a-global-warmin g-tax-for-fuel-on-top-of-gas-taxes/
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