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28
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
3 of 28 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Publisher signals
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Most politicians don’t tell voters five days before an election that they are planning to raise taxes, but when you are a Democrat in one-party California, you don’t worry as much about the outcome.
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you → tell → outcome
The problem with Xavier Becerra’s mileage tax is that it will not do anything for the residents of California and will be as invasive a tax as has ever been conceived.
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it → do → California
In Becerra’s perpetual non-committal style, he didn’t actually say that he would push for a mileage tax, but instead said everything should be on the table.
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everything → say → table
One thing is certain: What’s not on the table is a tax cut.
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’s → ’ → table
Mr. Becerra told the interviewer in his statement, “Our roads aren’t maintained just by some magic wand.
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roads → tell → wand
We have to pay for it.”
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We → have → it
That is evident to California drivers, because we pay an exorbitant gas tax, which supposedly is to raise money to pay for the maintenance of our roads.
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which → pay → roads
According to the Tax Foundation, Becerra can proudly say that California is #1 in something: We have the highest gasoline and diesel taxes of any state in the nation.
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We → accord → nation
That might keep Californians happy if we experienced a commensurate improvement in the quality of the roads we are paying to keep in good repair.
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we → keep → repair
We have some of the best weather of any state in the nation.
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We → have → nation
Other states have roads that are exposed to extreme variations in temperature, plus snow and ice.
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that → have → temperature
One must ask: Where is the money from the gas tax being spent?
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money → ask → tax
The people who would be hit with Becerra’s new mileage tax would be the people least able to afford it.
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who → hit → it
They often have the longest drives, because to acquire a place to live, they must move further away from their work and thus drive many more miles.
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they → have → miles
The big question is how this tax would be administered.
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tax → administer → ?
You would be asked to fill out a form annually stating how many miles you had driven during the past year.
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you → ask → year
The other way is a meter system, with a device in your car that would report directly to the state how many miles you have driven.
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you → report → miles
The state wouldn’t pay for the meter.
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state → pay → meter
The state would promise not to collect information about where you have driven — just how far you had gone.
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you → promise → information
Would you trust that?
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you → trust → that
Because I certainly don’t.
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I → do → ?
Mileage meters would just be another way for the state to intrude into our lives — and only for the purpose of taking more money from us.
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state → intrude → us
Before he starts making suggestions about new taxes, why doesn’t he investigate why we have the highest gas taxes in the country and the third-worst roads?
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we → start → country
He should find out whether these excessive gas taxes are going toward road maintenance, or toward high-speed rail and other Gavin Newsom boondoggles.
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taxes → find → rail
Or perhaps he could explain what is going to happen when his rich friends with electric vehicles find out that they have avoided the gas tax only to face another tax instead.
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they → explain → tax
Just think: If Becerra is coming up with new taxes before an election, how much worse will it be if he is in office and has legislators and lobbyists trying to convince him to come up with more money.
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legislators → think → money
You can be sure he’ll find something else to tax.
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he → find → something
Bruce Bialosky, a former presidential appointee, is a certified public accountant specializing in taxes.
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Bialosky → specialize → taxes
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