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"How can that be?" you might ask. Didn't California enact a massive $5 billion increase in gas taxes just a couple years ago that was sold as necessary to cover the shortfall needed to fund road repairs? . How can they be short by even more than they were then, despite collecting $5 billion more?

This is why voting for tax increases is always a losing proposition, even when it's sold as a very worthwhile cause.

"How can that be?" you might ask. Didn't California enact a massive $5 billion increase in gas taxes just a couple years ago that was sold as necessary to cover the shortfall needed to fund road repairs? [Yes, they did.](https://archive.is/gFnoF). How can they be short by even more than they were then, despite collecting $5 billion ***more***? This is why voting for tax increases is always a losing proposition, even when it's sold as a very worthwhile cause.

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British Columbians pay a total of $0.3696 per litre ($1.397/USgal) in taxes. The current price of fuel in the GVA (Greater Vancouver Area) is $1.51cad/L or $4.56usd/gal.

BC is currently run by a socialist party (New Democrats) with the Liberal Party (neoliberal) as the official opposition.