California Democrats are eating crow as their virtue-signaling electric car mandate has blown a massive hole in state tax revenues, forcing these tax-and-spend politicians to desperately search for new ways to fleece hardworking Californians.
The same progressive politicians who rammed through their radical electric vehicle mandate are now scrambling to replace the billions in lost gasoline tax revenue their own policies destroyed. Talk about unintended consequences – or maybe this was always the plan?
Democrats initially floated a dystopian "tax-by-the-mile" scheme that would track every single mile Californians drive, creating a surveillance state nightmare that would make George Orwell blush. But even in deep-blue California, this Big Brother overreach was too much for fed-up taxpayers.
Californians Fight Back Against Double Taxation
The backlash was swift and brutal. Californians rightfully pointed out they already suffer under the nation's highest gas taxes, and now Sacramento wants to pile on another tax for simply driving to work or taking kids to school.
"We already pay the highest gas taxes in the nation. Now Sacramento is talking about adding a new tax for every mile people drive," angry residents pointed out, forcing Democrats to retreat from their latest money grab.
Here's the kicker: Democrats have known since 2023 that their electric car mandate would crater tax revenues. They pushed it through anyway, without any real plan to replace the funding. Classic liberal governance – feel-good policies with zero consideration for real-world consequences.
The Green Energy Scam Exposed
This debacle perfectly exposes the fundamental fraud of California's green energy agenda. These policies were never about saving the environment – they were about control and finding new ways to extract money from taxpayers.
Now California families are stuck paying premium prices for electric vehicles they may not want, while Democrats plot new taxation schemes to fund their bloated bureaucracy.
Meanwhile, President Trump's America First energy policies are delivering real results nationwide, with lower energy costs and actual economic growth. The contrast couldn't be clearer.
How long will Californians tolerate being guinea pigs for their politicians' latest social engineering experiments?