ARTICLE: Sneaky Gas Tax Scheme Could Raise Prices at the Pump

The California Legislature has approved a complex plan to eliminate the current 6 percent sales tax on gas and replace it with a 17.3 cent per gallon excise tax. This manuever will not raise prices at the pumps now, but the new formula could sock motorists with higher taxes as the price of oil itself fluctuates. Opposition leaders denounced the proposal as a tax increase disguised to avoid Prop. 13's two thirds vote requirement.

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