It's a fee / no it's a TAX!
Local bullshit from our spending governor -- from Bellingham station
KGMI:
Gregoire Calls For Oil Production Fee To Fund Transportation
Governor Christine Gregoire is calling for a fee of a $1.50 per barrel of oil produced in Washington state to help fund a $3.6 billion transportation package over the next decade.
In her final "State of the State" address before the Legislature, Gregoire says the fee would raise nearly $2.75 billion over ten years to help fund vital transportation infrastructure projects.
As a "fee," the plan would need a simple majority of the House and Senate for approval.
But Republicans say the proposed fee is actually a tax and as such would need approval by a full two-thirds majority of the Legislature to pass.
She needs to trim the fat before embarking on new projects. This state hemorrhages money.
Posted by DaveH at January 11, 2012 6:34 PM