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<\/p>\nCopperopolis, CA…The cost of living is already too high in California, and the Gas and Car Tax hikes hurts working families that already struggle to pay bills. Estimates suggest the new increase in Gas Tax total will cost a typical family of four $779.20 or more per family, per year. This is about what a family spends on Christmas and two years of school lunches at a public school, or a year of college textbooks.<\/p>\n
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\u2022 The tax also hits business owners who rely on transporting goods, raising the cost of everything from apples to bread and everything in between.<\/p>\n
\u2022 On Nov 1, 2017, Californians became subject to an additional tax of 12.5 cents more per gallon of gasoline (and 20 cents more for diesel), also increasing auto registration fees as much as $175 a year \u2013 striking the wallets of hard-working families across the state.
\nThe gas tax hike will NOT fix our roads \u2013 because politicians will continue to fraudulently raid and divert gas tax funds. This latest gas tax increase contains NO GUARANTEE that even a penny will go to roads.<\/p>\n
\u2022 For years, the Sacramento politicians have been raiding the existing Gas Tax funds to pay for their pet projects and general fund spending rather than fixing our terrible roads and infrastructure.<\/p>\n
\u2022 By voting Yes on 6, you send a message to the Sacramento politicians that Californians want raids of our existing gas tax funds stopped immediately.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Prop 69 did not end the raids of existing gas tax funds and allows the governor to spend gas tax money to fund budget shortfalls.<\/p>\n
\u2022 State Senator John Moorlach \u2013 a CPA \u2013 released a stunning report showing that only 20% of existing gas tax goes to roads and Caltrans wastes half a billion dollars annually on extra staffing.<\/p>\n
\u2022 A 2016 study by the Reason Foundation shows that California spends 2.5x national average on roads.<\/p>\n
\u2022 All the road projects that the politicians are claiming are being paid for by this most recent Gas Tax could be paid for if the politicians used the existing gas tax revenue for doing what it was supposed to do \u2013 repairing California\u2019s infrastructure.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Nobody is denying that California\u2019s roads are crumbling, but there\u2019s plenty of money to repair the roads if the politicians put 100% of the existing gas tax revenue into doing the right thing.<\/p>\n
But that\u2019s not all, our present state budget surplus provides plenty of money to fix our roads.<\/p>\n
Please vote Yes on Prop 6.<\/p>\n
Al Segalla
\nCalaveras County Taxpayers Association<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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