CPR:
The California Legislature is moving for the first time in history to tax every residence and business about a dollar a month for drinking water to generate $2 billion over the next 15 years to supposedly clean up contaminated ground water.
Although Senate Bill 623 is titled: “Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund,” a coalition of agricultural and environmental lobbyists convinced its author Sen. Bill Monning (D-Carmel) to amend the ground water cleanup bill that has been moving through the Legislature since February, to quietly add a water tax of 95 cents per month on every residence and business. The bill would also tack on $30 million in farm and dairy fees.
The European Union first promoted an environmental tax on water under the cover of the imminent global warming crisis. But the 28 nations of the EU have expanded their water taxation regime to include a tap water tax; a value added tax on all water purchases; a provincial groundwater tax; and a tax for installations on public land or water.
If they really wanted to make some money they should invent an escape tax and everybody leaving the state would probably fund California for eternity.
Fuck the Sacramento legislators, and fuck the people that elect them.
What’s next, the air you breathe? How about taxing you on the estimated ground water that runs off after it rains? How about the sunlight that you absorb for your solar panels, heh?
They get what they voted into office.
Make the Growers Pay, They’ve Been Hounded For Years Because They Kill Fishing and Ruin the Ground Water. This Is’nt a Surprise that it’s Polluted,
The Surprise is The Lib’s Putting it on Us ! We Eat The Produce and appreciate it , But You Made the Profit and Are Supposed to Have Money Put Away For this Shit !!!
TSUNAMI
They’ve been kicking around an “EXIT” tax for a couple years.
I Wonder How Much The Farmers Paid The Lib’s to Tax Us Enstead Of Them ???
I’ll Bet The Farmers Gave Cash, and a Story on How They’ll Be Able to Pay the Mexicans More if WE Pay The Tax and Not Them !
Typical government. Make water less affordable and do nothing to make it “safer”. Wrap it up in a self-serving title and pat yourself on the back for a job well done.
Rebates for the poor coming up next along with extra taxes on the affluent to pay their “fair share”.
I truly pity the many sane people living under the boot of these filthy scum. The real crime is that they never seem to pay a price for this insanity. The worse that happens is they’re {unlikely} voted out, with their pockets bulging with swindled cash. Somethings gotta give.
Look into storm water runoff fees(taxes)if you really want to spike your blood pressure.
Exactly Carpeye! They even tax the rain!
Might as well call the entire state the Penitentiary of California where they will tax yer ass back to the Middle Ages!
Next they’ll tax every email you send and receive. The Leviathan must be fed.
L.A. added more sales tax last November, ‘to help the homeless.’ Bullshit, that’s just the sales pitch to raise taxes, just like this ‘water tax.’
California, knock this shit off. Burdensome taxes causes liberals to run from the state and liberals bring their crazy values with them infecting the states they find refuge in. They’re no different than diseased illegals crossing the border.
the clowns are running the circus in CA.
Does it shock anybody that the majority are Dumbicretins?