California Restaurants Adding 1% 'Voluntary' Tax to Combat Climate Change

Nick Kangadis | April 29, 2019
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Raising taxes is so popular among those on the far-left that non-politicians are getting into the practice of adding taxes to fund whatever it is they’re passionate about this week. But, leave it to California restauranteurs to add a tax to every diner’s check that’s only optional if you complain about it.

The plan looks to add a one percent “fee,” or tax for those not trusting of CNN’s phrasing, to customer’s bill at certain restaurants that decide to participate in the Restore California Renewable Restaurant program.

According to the program’s website:

PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS ADD A VOLUNTARY 1% CHARGE THAT GOES INTO CALIFORNIA’S HEALTHY SOIL CARBON FUND, AND PAYS FARMERS $10/TON OF CARBON REMOVED FROM THE ATMOSPHERE TO HELP THEM TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE FARMING PRACTICES.

RESTAURANTS AND FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE BY BEING CARBON NEUTRAL THROUGH ZERO FOODPRINT. THIS ALLOWS ALL RESTAURANTS TO GO BEYOND SOURCING WELL “WHEN POSSIBLE” AND TO DIRECTLY IMPROVE THE FOOD SYSTEM.

RESTORE CALIFORNIA CLOSES THE ECONOMIC LOOP BETWEEN PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS, CREATING A RENEWABLE FOOD SYSTEM.

As said earlier, participating restaurants will automatically put the one percent tax on a customer’s bill, but the “fee” is only optional if the customer asks the restaurant to remove the charge.

“There’s always going to be the people who say, why is this on the bill? I don’t want to pay it. I don’t care what it’s for. I don’t want to pay it,” Christopher Barnum-Dann, the owner of Localis restaurant told CBS 13 - Sacramento.

Yeah, those people are trying of everyone trying to steal more of their money. My guess is that the left figures that people already pay so many different taxes, what’s one more to ‘save the planet?’

Some people in the Sacramento-area don’t agree with the “optional” addition to their dine-out excursions.

“Well I live in California and I don’t know if you know this or not it’s pretty freaking expensive here,” resident Mike Mattingly said. “One percent to somebody who doesn’t make that much money ain’t a lot but it’s a lot more than they have.”

He’s got a point. One percent here, one percent there. After a while, all those one percent additions add up to not being able to afford to do the things you’d like to do with your own money.

H/T: Breitbart

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