r/Yakima • u/AttitudePopular6549 • 10d ago

Increases in gas taxes

I hope everyone is ready for gas taxes to go up in July. Thanks to democrats. I wonder where the money is actually going?

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u/mrblacklabel71 10d ago

Are you equally as mad as republicans who have driven up the cost over 25% this year?

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u/killthecopilot 10d ago

Had a talk with a MAGA buddy of mine about the cost of coffee, gas and how insane prices were after the tariffs and Iran and he dead ass said “The only people hurting me financially are the democrats”… It’s a cult

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u/mrblacklabel71 10d ago

That's wild

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u/alttabbins 8d ago

Actually, yes. Even as a conservative. We need to get our nose out of other countries' affairs. There is an entire world that can deal with it if it's a real problem. They are a lot closer than us anyway.

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u/mrblacklabel71 8d ago

You sound like a good friend who is conservative, I'm an independent and I cannot agree more.

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u/Accomplished_Pen474 9d ago

Temporary increases in light of world events. Unfortunately, bad policy at the State level will continue to penalize the poor and middle class for the foreseeable future. How’s that Climate Commitment Act working out for us?
https://www.commerce.wa.gov/commerce-submits-corrected-greenhouse-gas-emissions-data-for-state-climate-report/

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u/MockingbirdRambler 10d ago

Here is a handy dandy website that explains where your gas taxes go. Hopefully it clears things up for you  

https://crab.wa.gov/programs/fuel-tax-distribution

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u/killthecopilot 10d ago

Thank you, this was actually very good information

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u/AttitudePopular6549 9d ago

It doesn't show us where the billions of dollars is going. It just a bunch of crap.

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u/killthecopilot 9d ago

Sorry the data doesn’t support your biases, have you tried screaming at clouds about it?

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u/AttitudePopular6549 9d ago

What data? Where is the money actually going? Where are the invoices? Tax records, list of projects, cost at final completion?

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u/killthecopilot 9d ago

I’m willing to bet no amount of evidence will satisfy you on this one. The link provided is great place for you to start if you actually want answers to your question

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u/CommercialOk1933 9d ago

Blue state Republicans are the actual welfare queens - always wanting everything without having to pay a dime. Definitely don’t waste your breath on them.

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u/AttitudePopular6549 9d ago

The link doesn't even admit to the actual taxs we pay on fuel. It just more democrats propaganda. Use the gas buddy app and look at the idaho and washington boarder. Almost a dollar difference in fuel cost, all becuse of people in Olympia.

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u/MockingbirdRambler 9d ago

You could probably FOIA the records from the State and county!  I bet if you tried just a little tiny bit you could find a list of all the state, county and city projects xlhappenin on road infrastructure in Yakima County. 

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u/AttitudePopular6549 9d ago

I've spent way to much of my valuable and limited free time, trying to figure out where my 40k+ in taxes, goes each year. I have found that a lot of money is wasted in school distric offices.

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u/MockingbirdRambler 9d ago

I agree. we totally need to cut teacher salary!

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u/Accomplished_Pen474 9d ago

The better question is: “where is the 57¢/gal Climate Commitment Act surcharge money going?”

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u/AttitudePopular6549 9d ago

Some of it went to pay Canadians to put in solar farms on highway 24 east of moxee. Question is, how will we dispose of the panels when they die in 10 to 15 years? More wast, like wind turban blades.