California’s Gavin Newsom Proposes Tax on Drinking Water in First Budget

[mystery-ak]

13 Jan 2019

California Governor Gavin Newsom proposed his first budget for the state on Friday, and it includes a tax on drinking water.

The budget, titled “California for All,” declares drinking water a “fundamental right,” and adds: “The Budget includes short-term measures to bring immediate relief to communities without safe drinking water and also proposes an ongoing sustainable funding source to address this problem into the future.”

That source is a new fund, the “Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund”:

    Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund—Establish a new special fund, with a dedicated funding source from new water, fertilizer, and dairy fees, to enable the State Water Resources Control Board to assist communities, particularly disadvantaged communities, in paying for the short-term and long-term costs of obtaining access to safe and affordable drinking water. This proposal is consistent with the policy framework of SB 623, introduced in the 2017-18 legislative session. The Budget also includes $4.9 million General Fund on a one-time basis for the State Water Resources Control Board and the Department of Food and Agriculture to take initial steps toward implementation of this new Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Program, including (1) implementation of fee collection systems, (2) adoption of an annual implementation plan, and (3) development of a map of high-risk aquifers used as drinking water sources.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/13/californias-gavin-newsom-proposes-tax-on-drinking-water-in-first-budget/

[Fishrrman]

Comin' up next:
Tax on breathing.
(after all, don't you exhale..... carbon dioxide...?)

[libertybele]

Comin' up next:
Tax on breathing.
(after all, don't you exhale..... carbon dioxide...?)

Tax on drinking water?  What a joke.  We pay roughly $90.00/mo for water that's potable...it's drinkable, but it smells and tastes like sewer. I don't drink it and buy bottled water instead. They' be hard pressed to tax us on top of that!

[goodwithagun]

Tax on drinking water?  What a joke.  We pay roughly $90.00/mo for water that's potable...it's drinkable, but it smells and tastes like sewer. I don't drink it and buy bottled water instead. They' be hard pressed to tax us on top of that!

Ours smells like chlorine. We got a Berky 15 years ago and love it! Much cheaper than bottled.

[Free Vulcan]

Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me

Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman

Should five percent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all

Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman

If you drive a car, car, I'll tax the street
If you try to sit, sit, I'll tax your seat
If you get too cold, cold, I'll tax the heat
If you take a walk, walk, I'll tax your feet

Taxman
Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman

[Wingnut]

Gavin Newsom.  He makes Gov Moonbean looks so good

[libertybele]

Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me

Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman

Should five percent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all

Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman

If you drive a car, car, I'll tax the street
If you try to sit, sit, I'll tax your seat
If you get too cold, cold, I'll tax the heat
If you take a walk, walk, I'll tax your feet

Taxman
Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman

www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8OgkjcW0g4

[ConstitutionRose]

Comin' up next:
Tax on breathing.
(after all, don't you exhale..... carbon dioxide...?)

Beat me to it. 

[mountaineer]

Comin' up next:
Tax on breathing.
(after all, don't you exhale..... carbon dioxide...?)

I honestly thought they already taxed it. If not, how on earth did it escape?

[andy58-in-nh]

Sure: they'll tax your water, but they refuse to allow the construction of any new dams or reservoirs. 

[The_Reader_David]

Really, let's encourage the Calexit movement.  Either amicable secession with a free trade deal and us keeping military bases and any border counties that vote to join a neighboring state, or a hostile one, followed by (heh, heh) radical Reconstruction of seceded territories once we reconquer the state is fine with me.  Either way the baleful cultural influence will be diminished or gone, the 54 'Rat electoral votes will be gone along with 2 of their Senators and an almost all 'Rat congressional delegation (for a while at least) .

[skeeter]

Gavin Newsom.  He makes Gov Moonbean looks so good

It takes a real intellect to declare something a fundamental right and propose a tax on it in the same breath.

[andy58-in-nh]

It takes a real intellect to declare something a fundamental right and propose a tax on it in the same breath.

Behold the liberal mind.