No, California lawmakers have not passed a mileage tax to replace the gas tax
AB 1421 continues a decades-long study on mileage-based fees to address future road funding gaps as gas tax revenue declines, with costs estimated up to several million dollars.
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California Democrats will spend millions to 'study' inevitable mileage tax
Nothing could more perfectly represent the incompetence and wastefulness of California Democrats than spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a study to justify imposing even higher taxes on the state’s residents. California has the highest gas tax in the nation, which has become a problem given that Democrats in the state plan to force everyone to buy electric vehicles. Therefore, they have had to scheme up other ways to leech money from d…
No, California lawmakers have not passed a mileage tax to replace the gas tax
California is nowhere close to replacing its gas tax with a mileage-based fee system, but that has not stopped a swath of misinformation on social media about a proposal that moved forward at the state Capitol last week.
POLITICS: Democrats back mileage tax study, punishing own voters
California Democrats are looking at taxing drivers per mile driven, regardless of whether they drive a gas-powered car or an electric vehicle (EV). Last week, the State Assembly voted to pass AB 1421, with over 40 Democrats backing a commission to study the “mileage tax.” The bill now goes to the Senate, where it is likely to face easy passage on a party-line vote. Getty Images Raising a new tax is apparently much easier than cutting spending, w…
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