Governor proposing $65 Driver Fee, increased gas tax (health, bike)

[slo1318]

Stupid, they need to figure out another way like every other state.

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

Brown needs to keep working on this, considering different ideas. It's still a work in progress, I hope he realizes that. He doesn't have the winning formula yet.

When has that ever mattered?

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by cb73

The government employees were unionized by a previous governor, can never remember which one, and regularly funnel millions of campaign donations to various Democrats. The politicians will never vote to end that cash cow.

That would be Jerry Brown in his first incarnation after Zen before he became a retread. During an 11th hour shot at common sense and just hours before leaving office the last time he sold the state employees to the labor unions and has been in thrall to them ever since like most of the Democrat politicians. He's second only to Gray Davis for being coin operated.

[joeimp]

Originally Posted by cb73

The government employees were unionized by a previous governor, can never remember which one, and regularly funnel millions of campaign donations to various Democrats. The politicians will never vote to end that cash cow.

https://nrtwc.org/calfornia-reaping-...-in-the-1970s/

[boiselover]

Yeah I just paid around 100 bucks to renew and that extra money would be a shame to have to pay but if it actually goes to roads I could find a way to make it work and fork it over

[Matadora]

Originally Posted by SandyCo

Where is all of the money going?! California has plenty of money now; I'm ready to tell them to get their hands off my wallet. I sound like a Republican, don't I? I'm very staunchly Democrat, but considering how expensive it already is to live here and that we have some of the highest gasoline prices in the nation, I'm getting tired of this.

I was a staunch Dem as well until I moved here. I have never voted for a Republican in my entire life until I moved to CA. The Dems in CA are a different beast.

It is dangerous in today's political climate to strictly vote one party only.

It's long overdue for an overhaul of our ultra corrupt 2 party system.

[NYMTman]

Hopefully Brown totally socks it to the middle class... they're the ones who voted him into office in the first place. Hopefully it makes a very tangible difference in the monthly budgets of middle class families and causes much pain.

Certain Dems in the legislature want to raise even more revenue than Brown, btw.

[NYMTman]

Originally Posted by Des-Lab

Where is all that Cap & Trade money going?

on a bullet train in the central valley. *facepalm

[Des-Lab]

Originally Posted by NYMTman

on a bullet train in the central valley. *facepalm

-That will never get built. Meanwhile existing rail lines are getting pulled up and abandoned like nobodies business.

[shooting4life]

It is a miracle roads can even be built and maintained in other states with lower registration and lower gas tax.

And here comes brown wanting to take even more money from the tax payers. Of course this is after he and others have raided the current gas taxes to pay for other pet projects.