Fossil fuel companies are profiting off an obscure state tax break depriving California of up to $146 million of annual tax revenue that could be used to combat climate change-fueled wildfires, according to a new report released amid an inferno tearing through Los Angeles. The tax break has persisted for decades in the Democrat-controlled state even as California has faced deficits and cuts to wildfire preparedness — including recent cuts to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s budget.
During the first night of the fires, firefighters struggled to obtain water from fire hydrants in Pacific Palisades, a neighborhood that had been set ablaze in western Los Angeles. A city council member who represents the Palisades neighborhood blamed the lack of water on “chronic underinvestment.”
Why on earth do the richest, largest corporations keep getting breaks on their taxes? Is every politician out there so indebted to the wealthiest that they have lost sight of fairness and equality, and are okay with turning the U.S. into a hellhole for it's citizens? I am so angry and disgusted with those who are paid to look out for OUR interests. If Americans ever want to thrive, they need to vote out these greedy politicians. And now.