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| 2017-08-28 |
| [Townhall] So, in the land of progressivism that is the state of California, the legislature could be imposing a tax on drinking water aimed at repairing the state’s public water works. It will be 95¢ a month that is projected to generate $2 billion in revenue over the next 15 years. Surprisingly environmentalists and farmers have forged an alliance on this issue. The farmers want contaminated water cleaned due to the runoff from their farms. Farms will face fees that will total $30 million in revenue annually to help with the needed repairs. This is still going to be a fight in the state legislature, however. And the water companies don’t seem too keen on becoming the state’s tax collector on this issue. Kate Murphy of The Mercury News has all the details about this new measure: |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #18 If the thingy result in the birth of a child, tax them heavily. If it doesn't result in the birth of a child, you get of scot-free. Abortions get taxed at two/three times the "birthing" tax rate. All such taxes must be paid immediately! This will fix a lot of issues pretty quickly. |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-08-28 19:11 |
| #17 What about taxing "thingy"? You know...thingy. |
| Posted by: charger 2017-08-28 18:00 |
| #16 Sadly, yet another lure. TX has a surplus of water. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-08-28 17:03 |
| #15 'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman And you're working for no one but me. And the irony is that the generation that praised the songwriter of those words are now "The Taxmen!" |
| Posted by: Ulurong Slavise4137 2017-08-28 15:09 |
| #14 Reminder for those who think air is next to be taxed: CA already taxes the air via its Cap n Trade program. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2017-08-28 14:30 |
| #13 or they will have to betray the Unions and admit they can't fund the gov pensions. The betrayal is not adequately funding the pensions at every point between when the promises were made and now. The betrayal has already happened, it's just that the politicians and union leadership have avoided publically admitting it. To be fair, this is a general problem, not specific to the government entities in California; as those chickens settle sequentially on their various roosts, the political results will be very interesting, indeed. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-08-28 13:36 |
| #12 Now wait a minute. The UN has declared water a basic human right. Is Cali willing to go up against the military might of the United Nations? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-08-28 12:48 |
| #11 We are witnessing a rerun of the 1996 classic "Escape from L.A." featuring Snake Plissken--now the mass jailbreak from the rest of California. Taxes on everything have a way of turning people into conservatives unless they are on receiving end of the taxes or are ideologically too hard-wired. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-08-28 12:36 |
| #10 I choose "Regressive Taxes That Hurt the Poor" for $100, Alex. |
| Posted by: magpie 2017-08-28 12:20 |
| #9 Next: air. What other basics of human existence can they tax? Amazingly, they haven't legalized 'it' like Nevada. If it legal, you can tax it. I guess the matriarchy is still a ladder rung above tax collecting in the hierarchy of power and authority in CA. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-08-28 10:16 |
| #8 California is going to run out of money. They are already out of money. They are borrowing and using sleazy book tricks to keep it from looking as bad as it is. They are trying to raise taxes on everything to stop the leaks, but people and businesses keep leaving. One of the reasons they are so hell bent on keeping illegals is it means more federal funding for schools and medicaid. Cut that off and they are completely screwed. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-08-28 09:10 |
| #7 What happens to the poor that can no longer afford vital WATER. What happens to landlords that rent others but that don't have individual meters on each unit? They have to up rents big time? This is a direct attack on the poor and if the Republicans don't use this tax as a cudgel to beat the Democrats out of Sacramento they truly are the STUPID party. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-08-28 08:40 |
| #6 California is going to run out of money. The California government will have to betray the environmentalists and allow fracking, or they will have to betray the Unions and admit they can't fund the gov pensions. This tax on water is a delaying tactic and politically so stupid that if it goes through and shoots up water bills will cause every politician to be replaced. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-08-28 08:36 |
| #5 And it'll mean higher prices on agricultural products from the bigger farms. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-08-28 07:48 |
| #4 Then they will ask for higher taxes for subsidies to save the small farmer they just water taxed out of business |
| Posted by: Airandee 2017-08-28 06:21 |
| #3 Will it be paying for the high speed rail project that nobody's going to use? Only enough to cover up where it really ends up going towards. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-08-28 03:14 |
| #2 They will be taxing air - they just haven't found a way to collect "breathing fees" yet. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-08-28 02:04 |
| #1 Will it be paying for the high speed rail project that nobody's going to use? |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-08-28 01:51 |