California, Fruits, Flakes and Nuts

Amid Rising Gas Prices, Biden & California Democrats Propose Tax Hikes On Energy Suppliers

High gas prices have prompted governors across the country, in both red and blue states, to introduce bills that temporarily cut state gas taxes or delay scheduled increases. Maryland and Georgia were the first states to enact temporary gas tax cuts and more are likely to follow suit. In California, home to the nation’s highest average gas price, Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has proposed sending rebate checks to Californians to help cover heightened fuel costs.

As an alternative to Governor Newsom’s proposed rebates, California Assembly Kevin Kiley (R) introduced Assembly Bill 1638, legislation to temporarily suspend the state gas tax. During a March 28 committee hearing on Assemblyman Kiley’s proposal, members of the Democratic majority gutted Kiley’s bill and replaced it with legislative language that would instead impose a tax hike on gas suppliers. As home to what is already the nation’s highest marginal income tax rate, highest sales tax, and one of the most overall burdensome tax codes in the country, the decision by Democratic legislators in Sacramento to respond to rising gas prices with a new tax on fuel suppliers was a shock to many.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickgleason/2022/04/01/amid-spiking-gas-prices-biden--california-democrats-propose-tax-hikes-on-energy-suppliers/?sh=6b7afb5f56cc

Is the Biden-Harris Regime Purposely Destroying the American Economy?

The U.S. economy is on a collision course with economic disaster. Is it being done on purpose or is this just a symptom of having an idiocracy in charge of the economy? Is it perhaps a combination of both factors?

Given my several years living and working in our nation’s capital, having seen the Washington bureaucracy up close, I generally lean heavily on the idiocracy explanation for our American economic death spiral. But recent events have made me reassess. Let’s take a look at what’s going on under the control of the current regime:

According to the current Consumer Price Index, inflation is now growing at something close to 1% a month. According to CPI metrics used in the 1980s, inflation is rising at an even higher rate.

https://americanconservativemovement.com/2021/11/12/is-the-biden-harris-regime-purposely-destroying-the-american-economy/

More Californians could carry concealed guns if Supreme Court strikes down New York law

Nov. 4—More Californians could be allowed to carry concealed weapons if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down a New York law under challenged from Second Amendment advocates.

The nine justices on Wednesday heard arguments against a New York law that requires gun owners to obtain a special license from local authorities to carry firearms outside the home and show "proper cause" to get one, according to The Washington Post. Seven other states have similar laws: California, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/more-californians-could-carry-concealed-guns-if-supreme-court-strikes-down-new-york-law/ar-AAQk0T5