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Help Stop the Proposed CA Tax on Driving

By Andy Caldwell

Feb 08, 2026
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If California legislators have their way, in effect, every road in our state will become a toll road, including your own driveway. That is because all those Democrats clamoring about the affordability crisis are simultaneously planning on creating a vehicle-miles-traveled tax or VMT.

A VMT would be a new tax that would tax you for every mile you drive. F…

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