More Tax Money

One of the best concealed efforts to redistribute our money hides behind a bill introduced by state Sen. Robert Presley (D-Riverside) and signed into law by the governor.

This bill establishes Ventura and San Diego counties for a pilot program to reduce air pollutants.

The target pollution miles per vehicle will be determined and the figure must be reduced by 5% per year.

Should the prescribed mileage be exceeded, a smog test is required after one year.

SB 2050 also indicates that low-income drivers may be forced by economic circumstances to rely on older high-emission motor vehicles. Therefore, programs to help low-income drivers acquire cleaner vehicles are appropriate.

Now, the process of collecting seed money begins. Should you buy a new car you may receive an invitation from the Department of Consumer Affairs to pay $39 and then you do not need a smog check for four years.

The cover letter states, “The $39 will become seed money to purchase the worse polluting vehicles on the road for scrap and help fund repairs of other dirty air cars.”

You will be pleased to help pay for someone else’s auto repairs.

This is but one method devised by bureaucrats to wring money out of the taxpayer. Our elected officials, forgetting whom they represent, too often seem to readily agree with such suggestions on the basis that the money can be raised and some bureaucrat thinks it is a good cause.

It is high time that our elected officials stop meeting every problem by spending more of our money.

ELOISE BROWN Moorpark