Posted by Tina
According to a story in the LA Times Sacramento is considering higher car registration fees as a way to spike revenues. The GOP is apparently willing to consider signing on to the bill if it would impose rigid limits on future spending.
Budget deal would include steeper car fees, by Evan Halper – LA Times
* Motorists’ annual fees would rise from 0.65% of the value of their vehicles to 2%. For a car or truck valued at $25,000, the increase would be $336. *** The car tax would generate $6 billion annually for the state, helping to fill a budget gap that is projected to reach nearly $28 billion over the next year and a half. *** The proposal is being championed by incoming state Senate leader Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), who may be gambling that voters will reject the spending limits, as they have in the past. *** We don’t comment on the specifics of negotiations, but this much is clear: The state is $28 billion in the red and we need new revenue,” said Steinberg spokesman Jim Evans. *
Three words to the GOP…DONT DO IT! These agreements are always made…and then broken. Democrats have proven they are not to be trusted. Let them show us the money first…in savings from restructured programs, reformed programs, trimmed budgets and the elimination of waste…SAVINGS FIRST…maybe then we’ll consider it. Besides havent we been here before?