r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 9h ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ He's 100% correct.

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u/Aladriana 8h ago

Wa has a lot of taxes on gas. Why? To fix our roads, bridges. To help pay for the light rail in Western Wa. For police and fire departments, etc. It's worth it. We're getting something back for it.

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u/stderr2 8h ago

What are we getting for Cap and Trade other than higher prices?

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u/Aladriana 7h ago

I don't know what you mean. Please elaborate on that question.

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u/stderr2 6h ago

California and Washington State have higher gas prices partly due to their cap and trade schemes. There are other reasons, see governor of Washington State ragging about oil export terminals in Canada

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u/Aladriana 4h ago

Haven't seen that yet.

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u/stderr2 2h ago

The oil complaint from governor Ferguson is today, I think