{"id":2452,"date":"2020-02-19T10:30:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T17:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2452"},"modified":"2020-02-19T15:42:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T22:42:05","slug":"revenue-generated-from-gas-tax-remains-unspent-in-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2452","title":{"rendered":"Revenue Generated from Gas Tax Remains Unspent in San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Thomas Geiser<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Where do our tax dollars go? More specifically, where do our gas tax dollars go? The gas tax in California is astronomical and the money that it generates is meant to be spent on infrastructure. However, millions of taxpayer dollars remain unspent and the infrastructure continues to be neglected.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, there are a number of excuses made by politicians for why this money is not going where it’s supposed to. The most popular excuse is that they need time to find the right contractors to complete these infrastructure projects, but while they debate endlessly on these issues, infrastructure remains in disrepair and more and more tax dollars are accrued and sit unspent in the government\u2019s pocket. If Democrats don’t even know how to spend the money that they get, then it seems reasonable to decrease the tax rate\u2014their revenue source\u2014and ease the burden on taxpayers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It's funny how Sacramento always touts its surpluses and then we are told that in order to keep the state from imminent disaster we need more tax increases, which @GavinNewsom<\/a> will steal for his own political use #DontCalifornicateAmerica<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/d3xNoya4qV<\/a><\/p>\n

— Too Bright For Your Gaslight (@LNSmithee) February 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n