Yeah, off the backs of tax payers, Ca, has a long history of raping tax payers pockets whenever a pet project or other agenda won't pass muster for a public vote, it'll get hidden in pork barrel spending & lets talk about those poor under paid state workers/teachers/ CALTRANS/etc; ..
Example: My friends wife is an 8th grade math teacher in the community of Carlsbad, Ca. With the adjustment for cost of living perk she now makes just under $90k a year, & complains about it..
Example 2: I've got a couple friends that work for caltrans, general highway workers , they start out making roughly $35k-$40k a year for basically picking up trash along the highways, none of them work an 8 hour day usually...
Point is these workers are living better/making more $$ & have better opportunities than those in private sector supporting them thru taxation, I kinda have a problem with this..
Now, whats the new tax for ?? They tell you it's for infrastructure stability/repair of roadways,bridges, etc; First issue is a lot of the $$$ they claim to need for repairs has already been allocated (some years ago) Where is or did that $$ go ?? No real definitive answer , Gov. Brown has been shoving this high speed train down our throats for a few years now but couldn't get any public tax support by way of vote, fast forward about 18 months & presto, a new bill drafted & passed adding between $.12 -$.14 cents to the current gas tax in place, dont care where your from, thats a lot of $$$
Point is again, watch how this magical highspeed train that no one really wanted or asked for gets funded & built...
