GOP casts votes to increase your taxes

Senate GOP Leader Bob Huff voted with Democrats for more taxes.

Why does the GOP even exist?

If the pitiful and spineless Republican legislators cannot oppose new taxes

then what is the point of a Republican Party even existing?

(From Cal Watchdog)  -  Last month, Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a $2.3 billion tax extension. The measure, authored by a Central Valley Democrat, passed both houses of the legislature with overwhelmingly Democratic support.

Yet, the multi-billion dollar tax extension, a Democratic creation, couldn’t have passed the legislature without the help of Republican lawmakers.

Nine Republican legislators, a majority of whom have signed the no-tax pledge, delivered critical votes to ensure that the $2.3 billion tax extension reached Brown’s desk.

GOP Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian
voted for more taxes. 

Assembly Bill 8 by Assemblyman Henry Perea, D-Fresno, extended the sunset date on various vehicle taxes and fees. The additional revenue will go toward programs for the construction of hydrogen fueling stations and the Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program, which provides taxpayer-funded grants for businesses to buy new eco-friendly engines and equipment. It also postpones new regulations by the Air Resources Board, a move which is praised by businesses and criticized by environmental groups.

According to the bill analysis, it extends until January 1, 2024:

• $8 increase of the smog abatement fee;
• $0.75 fee increase on tire sales;
• $3 increase of the annual vehicle registration fee;
• $2 surcharge for local air districts on vehicle registrations;
• $5 increase of the fee for special identification plates for construction equipment, farm trailers, cotton trailers, logging vehicles and cemetery equipment;
• $10 and $20 increase for vessel registration.

“This is horrible news for taxpayers because California motorists will now be paying $2.3 billion in additional taxes and charges,” writes Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. “Adding insult to injury, taxpayers will find their hard earned dollars being used to subsidize programs such as the purchase of all electric cars, like the Tesla that, even with the taxpayer provided discount, can be afforded only by a handful of wealthy individuals.”
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GOP votes for AB8

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In the State Assembly, Republican Assembly members Katcho Achadjian of San Luis Obispo, Frank Bigelow of Madera and Kristin Olsen of Riverbank voted for AB8, giving Speaker John Perez the 54 votes needed to pass the bill off the Assembly floor. If any of the GOP Assembly members abstained in that floor vote, the bill would have failed. Both Olsen and Achadjian voted for an earlier version of the bill in June.

The vote wasn’t nearly as close in the state Senate. But that didn’t stop Senate Republicans from delivering more votes for the controversial tax extension. Senate GOP Leader Bob Huff was joined by his Republican colleagues Anthony Cannella of Ceres, Bill Emmerson of Redlands, Jean Fuller of Bakersfield and Andy Vidak of Hanford in voting in favor of the multi-billion tax extension in the September 11 floor vote.


For the full article go to Cal Watchdog.com

A Blast from the Past
Back under GOP Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican legislators and the leadership voted to screw over the voters with endless new spending, debt and increased taxes.  It is nice to know that the Republican Party has not changed.
 

"I'll be back for your wallet."