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Eric_Holder says

ForcedTQ says

This is going to be a “you still drive an ICE vehicle so you must be PUNISHED fee….….

But if it can't be tracked or shut off remotely it might be worth it. Besides, good luck mileage taxing MT vehicles: pulling a speed sensor connector stops odometer from rolling, mwahahahahahaha!

New cars have that remote shut off already built in. All of them.

FortWayneHatesRealtors says

Eric_Holder says

ForcedTQ says

This is going to be a “you still drive an ICE vehicle so you must be PUNISHED fee….….

But if it can't be tracked or shut off remotely it might be worth it. Besides, good luck mileage taxing MT vehicles: pulling a speed sensor connector stops odometer from rolling, mwahahahahahaha!

New cars have that remote shut off already built in. All of them.

Can't punish somebody for a car he hasn't yet bought.

Or you can just put a dummy load to replace antenna. Little tech secret, most people won’t do that

FortWayneHatesRealtors says

Or you can just put a dummy load to replace antenna. Little tech secret, most people won’t do that

Not that easy. Car would be set to shut down if no reply from signal. Just but a pre 2026 car.

The graveyards of history are full of unberakable tech starting with Enigma and ending with DRM and such.

I took a tour of that brewery in Fairfield once and was shocked that there were broken bottles and beer on the floor among the machines. No one was cleaning it up, just seemed normal.

"You would think that San Francisco would be the one place where Bud Light sales would have skyrocketed."

zzyzzx says

"You would think that San Francisco would be the one place where Bud Light sales would have skyrocketed."

And this proves, in my thinking, that California is in reality a red state.

Its incredible how CA taxes athletes and gets away with it!!

"We project that Darnold will pay about $249,000 in taxes to California if the Seahawks defeat the Patriots.

No one is going to remember Super Bowl 2026 for its tax implications, but it highlights how California and other states with jock taxes aggressively tax athletes who enter their borders—even for only a few days in town."

https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2026/patriots-seahawks-super-bowl-2026-california-taxes-1234883101/

Nine schools in the San Jose Unified School District are facing potential closure due in large part to declining enrollment.

1978 CA Prop 13 Ponzi scheme keep on giving dividends!

The link below outlines the various laws that CA Dems have voted and approved regarding confidentiality and consent for minors over the years.

For example a 12-year old may legally obtain an abortion in CA WITHOUT parental consent or knowledge, which has been on the books since 1997!

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/66421681d90ded764d1347e8/t/66a9467522a93e5eb03a0380/1722369655524/2023CaMinorConsentConfChartFull.pdf

Many CA parents are completely unaware of the limited control / power they have over their child due to the laws that have been passed by CA Democrats over the past 25+ years!

The chart above does NOT cover CA laws regarding a minor child wanting to change their identity. Another area where parents have no rights and a child can be removed from their home for not allowing "gender-care".

The chickens have come home to roost— except in California, where even the chickens are moving to Florida. Yesterday, the UK Telegraph reported, “Zuckerberg joins California exodus in move to Florida’s ‘billionaire bunker.’” Cute headline.




Mark Zuckerberg just did the most relatable thing of his entire career: he moved to Florida to dodge taxes. Welcome to the club, Zuck. Somebody get him a fishing license and some mosquito repellent.

Mark Zuckerberg is buying a $150-200M mansion on Indian Creek Island (aka “Billionaire Bunker”) in Miami, fleeing California ahead of a proposed 5% wealth tax on billionaires. The tax would apply retroactively to anyone who was a California resident as of January 1st, 2026. Zuck joins Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Larry Ellison, Peter Thiel, and David Sacks in the exodus. Tech investor Chamath Palihapitiya and All-In podcaster reckoned that California’s taxable billionaire wealth has dropped from $2T to under $1T in weeks. ...

Even assuming Zuckerberg paid top dollar for the house, $200 million, that is a tiny fraction of the $11+ billion he’d have been taxed if California’s ballot resolution passes. (He bought it from the founder of the Jersey Mike’s sub franchise. Only in America does a sandwich mogul’s mansion become a tech titan’s tax shelter.)

California managed to lose a trillion dollars of taxable wealth in three months just by threatening to tax it. “Socialism sucks,” Senator Ted Cruz observed after hearing the news. “The problem with socialism,” Margaret Thatcher once said, “is that, sooner or later, you run out of other people’s money.”

Zuckerberg spent years helping California Democrats get elected. Now those Democrats want 5% of his net worth. You hate to see it. Actually —and I cannot stress this enough— you absolutely love to see it.

Mark Zuckerberg just did the most relatable thing of his entire career: he moved to Florida to dodge taxes. Welcome to the club, Zuck. Somebody get him a fishing license and some mosquito repellent.

Shit, at the current tax rate and an 18.5 mpg average vehicle, I pay 3.29 cents per mile already. This is going to be a “you still drive an ICE vehicle so you must be PUNISHED fee….….

he has the work of proving that he's not a CA resident for tax purposes cut out for him

He does have a large and obvious remaining connection to CA: Facebook.

Patrick says

He does have a large and obvious remaining connection to CA: Facebook.

Facebook business taxes and Zuck's personal taxes are different. Owning a business in CA does not make one a California resident.

He doesn't own own it - it's a public company.

RWSGFY says

He doesn't own own it - it's a public company.

If California tax extortionists can level huge taxes against sports players for playing in California, they can certainly try to ream billionaires for business dealings while in that POS State.

Californians have seen their energy bills spike by 39% over the past six years — the most by far of any state, according to UC Berkeley’s Haas Energy Institute — thanks in part to the destructive wildfires that have torn through Los Angeles and other areas in recent years and policy choices that have shoved costs onto rate payers. ...

California residents already face the highest cost of living in the country — families in the state pay $30,000 more for basics like food, gas, water and childcare compared to the national average, according to the Transparency Foundation.

The massive increase in energy rates is due to a combination of factors: wildfire management costs, capital expenses, a costly push for renewables — largely shouldered by rate payers.

Distribution costs are up because utilities are allowed the pass on the costs of responding to wildfires to consumers, researchers say.

Severin Borenstein, a UC Berkeley professor who studies energy rates, also pointed to subsidies for rooftop solar programs that have shifted costs onto other customers.

By contrast, electricity rates in much of the country kept pace with inflation between 2019 and 2025— or even declined slightly.

The lowest rate increases were in Arizona, Minnesota, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi and North Carolina — all at just 1%, according to UC Berkeley research.

Rates actually dropped in states including Nevada, which saw a 12% electricity decrease, and Iowa, where rates dropped 8%. Rates in Alaska, Kansas and South Carolina dropped 6% each, per the study.

He doesn't own own it - it's a public company.

RWSGFY says

He doesn't own own it - it's a public company.

Does he own more than 50% of the stock?

Doesn't change the legality of the situation. Even if he owned 100% and it was a privately held corporation.

I'm just saying that California is notoriously aggressive about classifying people as CA residents.

I'm pretty sure that https://www.calwater.com/ does NOT measure your water usage, since our meter is buried. Maybe they installed a wireless water meter long ago, but I doubt it. I think they just make up a random number around $100 each month.

Maybe PGE does similar things.

I haven't heard a peep from CA in 3 years....I'm a small fry as far as taxes are concerned.