April 8, 2015
California Commentary
Taking It Out On The Little Guy
by Jan Coupal
Gov. Jerry Brown has declared
that opposition to efforts to reduce
carbon emissions "borders on
the immoral." Hesitate though we
might to debate Brown, a former
Jesuit seminarian, on the nature
of divine law, we have to question
the "morality" of forcing working
California motorists to bear the
brunt of the cost of regulations
required by Brown's convictions.
In light of both economic
concerns and a more rational
understanding of climate change
science, other nations and states
are rethinking their aggressive
policies. But here in California,
the reigning political leadership
is forcing the middle class and
working poor to shoulder almost
the entire burden of mankind's
response to climate change.
When it comes to the topic
of climate change, there is
really only one thing we know
for certain. Climate change is
a global concern that needs
a global response. There are
nearly 200 nations on earth. To
ask the working families and
small businesses of one state in
one nation to suffer almost the
entirety of economic harm is both
unfair and foolish.
How did we get to this point?
In 2006, California lawmakers
enacted the Global Warming
Solutions Act, telling the public
that its cap-and-trade program
- forcing emitters to buy credits
- would radically reduce carbon
emissions. The unelected
California Air Resources
Board has proceeded to place
transportation fuels under the
program. Because the agency
has no power to levy taxes,
CARB Chair Mary Nichols said
they would use the power of cap-
and-trade as the way to price
carbon. Already, this program
has added about 13 cents to the
cost of a gallon of gas and this
could be increasing to as much
as 75 cents.
Last year, anticipating the
problems this would create for
working California families,
Democratic Assemblyman
Henry Perea introduced AB 69
to spread the implementation of
the new fees over a three-year
period to allow those who must
buy gasoline more time to adjust
to the higher costs. The measure
was supported by other moderate
Democrats and Republicans
but was killed by Senate leader
Darrell Steinberg.
Now that the new CARB
regulations are taking hold and
producing upward pressure on
gasoline prices, Republican
Assemblyman Jim Patterson has
introduced AB 23, the Affordable
Gas for California Families Act.
This legislation would remove
transportation fuels and natural
gas from the clutches of the
California Air Resource Board's
cap-and-trade program.
The idea behind AB 23 is
simple. Relieve the burden on
modest and low income folks
already struggling under difficult
economic circumstances and
who have little ability to make
quick changes to their lifestyles.
However, when heard last week
in the Assembly Resources
Committee, the bill was rejected
6 to 3, on a party line vote, with
Democrats, who like to portray
themselves as the champions
of the little guy, providing the no
votes.
Unfortunately, this vote is what
we've come to expect. Just last
year the Democrats rejected a
bill which would have phased the
cap-and-trade "tax" in gradually.
As I wrote last year, "the
response of Democrats reminds
one of Marie Antoinette's who,
when told that the people were
starving because they had no
bread, infamously said, 'Let them
eat cake.' In the case of those
fervently devoted to the rigid
implementation of California's
cap and trade program it is as
if when told that a low income
citizen can no longer afford
gasoline for their 1991 Toyota
Corolla they respond with, 'Let
them drive Teslas.' The Tesla, of
course, is a taxpayer-subsidized
electric car that will set the buyer
back north of $100,000, which • is
well beyond the means of those
who will be most hurt by this new
gas tax."
Jon Coupal is president of
the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers
Association -- California's largest
grass-roots taxpayer organization
dedicated to the protection of
Proposition 13 and the advancement
of taxpayers' rights.
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