Bribing Californians With Gas Tax Money
Gasoline prices are through the roof, primarily due to Democrats’ ideologically driven campaign to suppress domestic energy production. The situation is even worse in California, due to the excessive taxation and regulation that inevitably result from Democrat rule. The moonbats running the erstwhile Golden State have a solution to keep the public from getting angry enough to vote them out of office:
The lawmakers, most of them Democrats, proposed pulling $9 billion from California’s $45 billion budget surplus to fund rebates that would more than cover the 51-cent-per-gallon state gas tax for one full year of weekly fill-ups for a car with a 15-gallon tank.
They confiscate an extra 51¢ per gallon, then give it back to you — for a while. That is, they want to bribe Californians to vote for them with their own money.
More accurately, they want to bribe Californians with other Californians’ money.
The surprising thing is that this rebate wouldn’t only be aimed at drivers, and you wouldn’t need to show proof of car ownership or provide gas receipts. The thinking is that all residents are experiencing a hit right now with inflation and the rising cost of living expenses.
So they throw money at everybody. Because that’s what cures inflation.
If the proposal passes, anyone who files taxes in the state would receive $400 — no matter how much you drive, no matter how much money you make and regardless of whether you have a car, the release said.
Free money! Hurray! All you have to do is vote Democrat.
California has the highest gas tax in the country. Rather than rebating it to people who don’t pay it, Republicans want to suspend the gas tax. But that wouldn’t advance equity.
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