How do you expect Gas prices to drop if we keep raising gas taxes? Remember how the Nickel gas tax increase was supposed to be the answer to all our problems? We are already 9th highest in Nation for gas tax. When I started driving a gallon of gas was less than our present state gas tax per gallon. Remember, these are state gas taxes, not federal gas taxes collected.
How many times have we voted for 30.00 car tabs? On July 1st 2013, East Wenatchee residents will see a 20.00 increase in car tabs without voter approval. Anyone remember when car tabs were just 30.00? anyone really want a 140.00 "increase" on car tabs just on a 20,000 vehicle- even more on higher vehicles!
Anyone notice, from the Wenatchee World, that Wenatchee city is sitting on 500,000 for seven years to install a traffic light at McKittrick and The Avenue, while just increasing car tabs for citizens? An article next to it from March 2008- (http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2008/mar/13/city-lists-projects-that-car-tab-hike-could-fund/ )states they needed to raise car tabs as the state would not fund any projects unless they exhausted all avenues themselves- yet not one mention they were sitting on a half million in federal funds back then. Makes one wonder how much federal dollars are sitting unused in similar projects while taxes are raised daily? Did anyone voice your concerns when that happened?
And East Wenatchee was claiming how broke they were and implied they were forced to increase car tabs and property taxes, only to find out last month the mayor is recommending the city buy property at 9th/Valley Mall Parkway for additional parking for a few select downtown business owners? And Wenatchee will be asking for more as soon as you forget about the arena fiasco.
And East Wenatchee was claiming how broke they were and implied they were forced to increase car tabs and property taxes, only to find out last month the mayor is recommending the city buy property at 9th/Valley Mall Parkway for additional parking for a few select downtown business owners? And Wenatchee will be asking for more as soon as you forget about the arena fiasco.
Have you called 1-800-562-6000 yet?
History of Gas Tax
1991 increased to: 23.0¢/gal
2003 increased by: 5.0¢/gal 2003 New Rate: 28.0¢/gal
2005 increased by: 3.0¢/gal
2006 increased by: 3.0¢/gal
2007 increased by: 2.0¢/gal
2008 increased by: 1.5¢/gal 2008 New Rate: 37.5¢/gal
2007 increased by: 2.0¢/gal
2008 increased by: 1.5¢/gal 2008 New Rate: 37.5¢/gal
2015 Increased by 11.7 cent a gallon--- unless you stop It!
3-4-15 update; This blog was written several years ago, but nothing has changed. Wenatchee still has not installed that traffic signal, car tabs were again increased in Wenatchee last fall, and the senate has passed a gas tax bill higher than the one mentioned above. I urge you to call your legislator at 1-800-562-6000 and oppose the transportation tax increase- it would increase gas tax by 11.7 cents a gallon (12 cents actually). This is even higher than last years increase request that was barely defeated last year. The new state tax would put our state at 49 cents a gallon-that tax alone is twice what I paid for gas when I started driving. It would put us as the highest gas tax in the nation according to the 2012 chart. The special interest groups are spinning this for their benefit, calling it an investment and claiming you will not notice it? I can promise you the tax, if passed will not come down. This tax is separate from the Cap and Trade Tax that they want to impose as well. If passed, you will pay several times both in your tank, and in increased transportation costs.
Washington currently has the 7th-highest gas tax in the nation at 55.9 cents per gallon, according to the American Petroleum Institute. If an 11.7-cent per gallon increase is approved, that would move Washington to 67.6 cents per gallon -- second behind Pennsylvania at 68.9 cents per gallon.
If the increase were to be applied Monday, the average price for a gallon of regular in Washington would go from $2.72 per gallon (6th highest in the nation) to $2.83 per gallon (3rd highest).
Along with the gas tax increase, the revenue bill would also increase car-tab fees by $15 in the program’s first year and then by an additional $8 in 2022. The classified skill examination fee for obtaining a commercial driver’s license would increase from $100 to $250
While on line, Please oppose HB 1938 to increase State Tourism! It may sound good, but you will pay for it in more costs, and even the government budget would pay more, if it passes. My last stay at a motel in Spokane had 23% in fees/taxes already on top of base rate, and who knows how many the motel passed on in its base rate as well. If the state needs tourism dollars, use the already local tourism dollars that go for things like sprint boat races and city gateway projects that benefit only a few. I am so tired of these little taxes that add up- look at your next motel bill or your phone bill- those "little" taxes add up quickly. This tax is on top of the 12.2 billion Transportation tax proposal.
4-14-18 update; Here is a current list of what you will pay in taxes per state this year;
Here’s a look at all 50 states and Washington, D.C., and their estimated tax bills:
| State | Estimated Total Taxes Paid | Estimated Tax as Proportion of Income |
| Montana | $7,034.50 | 14.54% |
| Delaware | $9,208.64 | 15.09% |
| West Virginia | $6,837.16 | 16.03% |
| Kentucky | $7,536.60 | 16.82% |
| South Carolina | $7,903.51 | 16.85% |
| Mississippi | $7,086.42 | 17.49% |
| Wyoming | $10,484.94 | 17.73% |
| Indiana | $8,953.29 | 17.75% |
| Idaho | $8,761.08 | 17.82% |
| New Mexico | $8,261.34 | 18.09% |
| North Carolina | $8,739.29 | 18.11% |
| Oklahoma | $8,760.45 | 18.24% |
| Oregon | $9,742.40 | 18.29% |
| Arkansas | $7,858.01 | 18.56% |
| Georgia | $9,512.06 | 18.64% |
| Missouri | $9,280.30 | 18.71% |
| Tennessee | $8,746.85 | 18.78% |
| Alabama | $8,407.85 | 18.79% |
| Hawaii | $13,528.92 | 18.80% |
| Louisiana | $8,627.36 | 18.90% |
| Iowa | $10,558.08 | 19.35% |
| Utah | $12,172.78 | 19.47% |
| Ohio | $9,891.85 | 19.52% |
| Alaska | $14,640.22 | 19.67% |
| South Dakota | $10,402.41 | 19.97% |
| Michigan | $10,168.27 | 20.02% |
| Arizona | $10,278.85 | 20.02% |
| Maine | $10,190.48 | 20.05% |
| Kansas | $10,748.19 | 20.06% |
| Florida | $9,839.21 | 20.12% |
| Colorado | $12,711.57 | 20.33% |
| North Dakota | $12,034.36 | 20.36% |
| Pennsylvania | $11,199.82 | 20.40% |
| Virginia | $13,591.54 | 20.55% |
| Minnesota | $13,240.61 | 20.94% |
| Nevada | $11,135.01 | 20.97% |
| Wisconsin | $11,529.70 | 21.11% |
| Maryland | $16,096.75 | 21.16% |
| District of Columbia | $15,434.01 | 21.16% |
| Nebraska | $11,546.97 | 21.23% |
| New Hampshire | $14,891.97 | 21.74% |
| Texas | $12,392.38 | 22.64% |
| Vermont | $13,064.84 | 23.29% |
| Massachusetts | $16,598.00 | 23.39% |
| Rhode Island | $13,862.38 | 23.74% |
| Connecticut | $17,037.90 | 23.74% |
| Washington | $14,943.32 | 23.78% |
| Illinois | $14,100.66 | 23.82% |
| California | $15,642.81 | 24.53% |
| New York | $15,467.46 | 25.46% |
| New Jersey | $19,977.91 | 27.11% |
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