Toyota moving to Texas

[morekaos]

I'm not arguing that jobs have not been created...they have here and in Texas.  What that article points out specifically is the quality and value of those jobs.  Quality jobs earning $80,000 are being replaced by crappy jobs earning $20,000.00. Just creating a job is useless if that job can't even pay the bills.  I'll bet the $80,000.00 job in Texas goes quite a ways further than in LA.

 

[irvinehomeowner]

Well if you are going to bring up wages, I believe they are also higher in CA over TX.

Check out my previous links, Labor Board is facty facts... not alt facts.

And as for "quality"... I'd rather have a job in CA where the weather is better than hot as Africa TX.

 

[peppy]

Well if you are going to bring up wages, I believe they are also higher in CA over TX.

Check out my previous links, Labor Board is facty facts... not alt facts.

And as for "quality"... I'd rather have a job in CA where the weather is better than hot as Africa TX.

That's why you pretty much trade off no state income tax for a monster AC bill.

 

[eyephone]

Well if you are going to bring up wages, I believe they are also higher in CA over TX.

Check out my previous links, Labor Board is facty facts... not alt facts.

And as for "quality"... I'd rather have a job in CA where the weather is better than hot as Africa TX.

That's why you pretty much trade off no state income tax for a monster AC bill.

Solar panels be a solution?

 

[peppy]

Well if you are going to bring up wages, I believe they are also higher in CA over TX.

Check out my previous links, Labor Board is facty facts... not alt facts.

And as for "quality"... I'd rather have a job in CA where the weather is better than hot as Africa TX.

That's why you pretty much trade off no state income tax for a monster AC bill.

Solar panels be a solution?

No net metering in TX.

 

[morekaos]

Can't wait for the Super majority in control in Sacramento to pass these new massive tax increases to pay for crap they should already be paying for with their regular budget.  More new taxes will attract many new businesses to our wonderful state and lessen the burden on those already here who are eyeing the doors...don't ya think?

CA Democrats want higher fees and taxes for state infrastructure

?Senate Bill 1 by state Sen. Jim Beall, D-San Jose, calls for a phased-in 12-cent tax increase on gasoline, increased vehicle-registration fees as well as an annual $100 road maintenance fee for zero-emission cars,? Courthouse News reported. ?The proposal would raise California?s gas tax for the first time since 1994, and reallocate $500 million in heavy-vehicle fees to road maintenance instead of paying down existing transportation bond debt.?

?Democrats say raising the gas tax is the best way to make up tax revenues lost by Californians buying electric vehicles. The state?s fuel levy is currently 27 cents per gallon. With California facing an estimated $59 billion highway-maintenance shortfall over the next decade, Beall says the tax and vehicle registration fee hikes will fix the state?s roads and come with the added benefit of new jobs.?

In other words for those of you who bought electric cars to save money on gas...your government wants you to pay taxes anyway since you don't pay your "fair share" in gas taxes now.  So nice.

http://calwatchdog.com/2016/12/14/ca-democrats-want-higher-fees-taxes-state-infrastructure/

 

[daedalus]

Few things are dumber than the reasons for the proposed increase in gas taxes.  A)  Why should gasoline cars pay more to cover electrics?  B)  Why do we need to raise gas taxes over 40% just to cover the <3% of cars that are electric?  Or is this just a money grab? (duh).

My wife owns a Leaf and I'm ok with paying a tax to support roads.  It's only fair.  But a flat tax isn't fair to people who don't drive much.  We only put about 4000 miles a year on the Leaf.  If we used gas and got 40mpg, we would only pay $29 per year in gas taxes.

 

[riznick]

Can't wait for the Super majority in control in Sacramento to pass these new massive tax increases to pay for crap they should already be paying for with their regular budget.  More new taxes will attract many new businesses to our wonderful state and lessen the burden on those already here who are eyeing the doors...don't ya think?

CA Democrats want higher fees and taxes for state infrastructure

?Senate Bill 1 by state Sen. Jim Beall, D-San Jose, calls for a phased-in 12-cent tax increase on gasoline, increased vehicle-registration fees as well as an annual $100 road maintenance fee for zero-emission cars,? Courthouse News reported. ?The proposal would raise California?s gas tax for the first time since 1994, and reallocate $500 million in heavy-vehicle fees to road maintenance instead of paying down existing transportation bond debt.?

?Democrats say raising the gas tax is the best way to make up tax revenues lost by Californians buying electric vehicles. The state?s fuel levy is currently 27 cents per gallon. With California facing an estimated $59 billion highway-maintenance shortfall over the next decade, Beall says the tax and vehicle registration fee hikes will fix the state?s roads and come with the added benefit of new jobs.?

In other words for those of you who bought electric cars to save money on gas...your government wants you to pay taxes anyway since you don't pay your "fair share" in gas taxes now.  So nice.

http://calwatchdog.com/2016/12/14/ca-democrats-want-higher-fees-taxes-state-infrastructure/

If they used the money that they collected for the roads on the roads, we wouldn't need to raise those taxes.  Unfortunately that money keeps getting reallocated elsewhere.  Schwarzenegger and also the AAA have both campaigned that taxes collected to pay for infrastructure actually pay for infrastructure.    Voters didn't seem to care, though.

 

[peppy]

If they used the money that they collected for the roads on the roads, we wouldn't need to raise those taxes.  Unfortunately that money keeps getting reallocated elsewhere.  Schwarzenegger and also the AAA have both campaigned that taxes collected to pay for infrastructure actually pay for infrastructure.    Voters didn't seem to care, though.

Do you have a breakdown on how the gasoline tax is spent? I'm curious ...

 

[morekaos]

http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tpp/offices/eab/fundchrt_files/Transportation_Funding_in_CA_2014.pdf

Transportation Funding in California
2014

 

[peppy]

It doesn't seem that the gas tax is used for anything other than transportation related stuff. The part of the tax is going into the general fund seems in order to pay off a transportation bond. What % is actually blown on non transportation stuff?

I was trying to read about recent opposition to gas taxes from AAA but could only find articles where they are advocating for a higher federal rate.

 

[morekaos]

Here it comes...

California bill aims to pay for infrastructure through gas tax, fees

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) ?
California?s Senate Bill 1, which is aimed at improving the state?s transportation infrastructure, easily cleared the state Senate?s Governance and Finance Committee by a 5-1 vote Wednesday.

Increase the gas tax by 12 cents per gallon over three years, with a 6-cent increase in the first year followed by two years of 3-cent increases

Increase the diesel fuel excise tax by 20 cents and increase the diesel sales tax by 4 percent

Increase vehicle registration fees by $38

Require drivers of zero-emission vehicles to pay an annual $100 fee toward maintenance and repair

http://www.kcra.com/article/california-bill-aims-to-pay-for-infrastructure-through-gas-tax-fees/9110371

 

[peppy]

Here it comes...

California bill aims to pay for infrastructure through gas tax, fees

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) ?
California?s Senate Bill 1, which is aimed at improving the state?s transportation infrastructure, easily cleared the state Senate?s Governance and Finance Committee by a 5-1 vote Wednesday.

Increase the gas tax by 12 cents per gallon over three years, with a 6-cent increase in the first year followed by two years of 3-cent increases

Increase the diesel fuel excise tax by 20 cents and increase the diesel sales tax by 4 percent

Increase vehicle registration fees by $38

Require drivers of zero-emission vehicles to pay an annual $100 fee toward maintenance and repair

http://www.kcra.com/article/california-bill-aims-to-pay-for-infrastructure-through-gas-tax-fees/9110371

I'd be OK with that. I would probably curse the delays that would ensue when they fix up the 405 or 5.

 

[nosuchreality]

Here it comes...

California bill aims to pay for infrastructure through gas tax, fees

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) ?
California?s Senate Bill 1, which is aimed at improving the state?s transportation infrastructure, easily cleared the state Senate?s Governance and Finance Committee by a 5-1 vote Wednesday.

Increase the gas tax by 12 cents per gallon over three years, with a 6-cent increase in the first year followed by two years of 3-cent increases

Increase the diesel fuel excise tax by 20 cents and increase the diesel sales tax by 4 percent

Increase vehicle registration fees by $38

Require drivers of zero-emission vehicles to pay an annual $100 fee toward maintenance and repair

http://www.kcra.com/article/california-bill-aims-to-pay-for-infrastructure-through-gas-tax-fees/9110371

I'd be OK with that. I would probably curse the delays that would ensue when they fix up the 405 or 5.

LOL, you still think they're going to use the tax for what they said it was for?...  ROTFLMAO.

 

[sgip]

Perhaps the State of California could harness the energy created as Carl Karcher goes into high rotation spinning in his grave.

http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/californias-carls-jr-says-so-long-golden-state/

 

[morekaos]

Just pile on the taxes. The rich don't pay their fair share.... if they leave!!! That would be a 14% effective state income tax.  There is a breaking point.

Lawmaker wants tuition-free college in California by taxing millionaires

A California lawmaker wants to tax millionaires to provide a free education for residents at the state?s public colleges and universities ? the second proposal put forth in as many weeks to address the soaring cost of a higher education.

Assembly Bill 1356, by Assemblywoman Susan Talamantes Eggman, would add a 1 percent tax on annual California household incomes of $1 million or more, to be placed in a financial aid fund. The tax would generate an estimated $2.2 billion annually, according to the Stockton Democrat, which could be combined with existing aid programs to cover the cost of tuition and fees for in-state students at the University of California, California State University and California community colleges.

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article139685303.html#storylink=cpy

 

[Loco_local]

No wonder auto manufacturers are leaving California. I wonder if these are the good jobs Trump is talking about

Inside Alabama?s Auto Jobs Boom: Cheap Wages, Little Training, Crushed Limbs
The South?s manufacturing renaissance comes with a heavy price.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/feat...oom-cheap-wages-little-training-crushed-limbs

 

[morekaos]

Alabama is doing very well thank you...

Alabama jobs rising in manufacturing, bioscience fields

Figures show that employment in professional, scientific and technical services has been growing, with 20,000 jobs in the broad professional sector added in Alabama between January 2011 and July 2016, according to Ijaz.
Some technology jobs are growing. Over the past 10 years, computer system design jobs in Alabama climbed from 16,100 to 23,100, according to data from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. That?s an increase of 43 percent.
Employment in bioscience fields in Alabama climbed 7 percent between 2012 and 2014, according to a report by the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) and TEConomy Partners LLC. Growth was significantly higher in medical devices and equipment (26.8 percent) and drugs and pharmaceuticals (26.3 percent).
Auto is not the only manufacturing segment that?s seen job growth. Figures from the St. Louis Fed show that employment in plastics and rubber manufacturing has risen by 2,600 jobs in the past five years, a gain of nearly 20 percent.

In another positive sign for Alabama?s job market, July?s state unemployment rate dropped to 5.7 percent for the best showing since June 2008. The preliminary, seasonally adjusted number is down from June?s rate of 6 percent and below the 6.1 percent rate recorded in July 2015.

?We continue to see decreases in Alabama?s unemployment rate, and increases in both of our employment measures over the year, which is a testament to the strong economic development efforts we have prioritized,? Governor Robert Bentley said in an announcement.

?We haven?t seen an unemployment rate this low in eight years. Not only did the rate decrease since last month, there are also nearly 28,000 more people working this year than there were last year,? he added.

Over the year, wage and salary employment increased 10,000, with gains in the leisure and hospitality sector (+3,300), the trade, transportation, and utilities sector (+3,200), the financial activities sector (+3,100), and the manufacturing sector (+3,000), among others.

JOB HORSEPOWER

A clear indication of the job-creation strength of Alabama?s auto industry can be seen in economic research supplied by the St. Louis Fed. Auto manufacturing is a key target sector in Accelerate Alabama, the state?s strategic economic development growth plan.

In the past five years, employment at motor vehicle parts manufacturers in the state has nearly doubled, from 14,400 in July 2011 to more than 26,000 in July 2016, according to St. Louis Fed data.

http://www.madeinalabama.com/2016/09/alabama_jobs/

 

[morekaos]

Where are all the glowing articles about the incredible California manufacturing Renaissance? I thought the Bullet Train was our great shot in the arm.

'New-shoring' in Alabama generates manufacturing jobs, grabs global attention

Everybody loves a comeback story and "new-shoring" is paving the way for resurgence of "Made in the U.S.A." in an impactful and sustainable way.

American manufacturing is experiencing a rebirth; consumers are showing newfound patriotism in their shopping habits and shifting their attention back to American-made products. The manufacturing industry has enjoyed a steady climb gaining more than 800,000 jobs since its lowest in 2009. In addition to consumer demand stimulating growth, businesses are discovering the hidden costs of outsourcing.

With a strong manufacturing legacy, Alabama is no exception to this explosive growth, adding nearly 5,300 jobs this year. Alabama is home to over 5,000 manufacturers who employ nearly 300,000 in the state, with 13 percent of the state holding manufacturing jobs primarily in the motor vehicle and/or parts, food, metal and aerospace industries.

Whether it's automobile manufacturers producing millions of Alabama-made vehicles, lumber and aircraft companies building sawmills and aircrafts or healthcare technology companies designing new medical devices, news surrounding expansions, new factories or plants and job growth continues to consistently dominate headlines.

http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/01/new-shoring_in_alabama_generat.html

 

[Loco_local]

Figures show that employment in professional, scientific and technical services has been growing, with 20,000 jobs in the broad professional sector added in Alabama between January 2011 and July 2016, according to Ijaz.

Interesting.  I was told the only jobs created during Obama's presidency were temporary, part-time and service related.