Condensation is the process by which water residing in the air changes from water vapor (a gas) to liquid water. This happens when the water vapor is cooled to the dew point temperature, which leads to saturation. Anytime you have warm air rising up into the atmosphere, you can expect condensation to eventually occur.
An accumulation of data from various sources shows that California routinely pays more in federal taxes than it receives in federal spending. A 2015 study by the New York state comptroller found that in 2013 Californians paid $9,086 per capita in federal taxes and received $9,040 per capita in federal spendingâor about 99 cents of spending for every tax dollar. (This is an improvement: The Tax Foundation found that California received about 78 cents in spending for every tax dollar in 2005, and Census and IRS data showed the state getting back 87 cents on the dollar in 2010.)
Just in time, the Tax Foundation has published a state-by-state compilation of fuel taxes, revealing that Californians are paying the nationâs fourth highest, 42.35 cents a gallon, into state and local coffers. The data donât include the 18.4-cent per gallon federal gas tax. California would have been No. 2 had the state Board of Equalization not reduced the stateâs gas tax by 6 cents a gallon effective July 1. The board periodically adjusts the gallonage tax to make it the equivalent in terms of revenue with what it would have been if sales taxes were still applied to fuel.