[yohoho22]

> The 5-cent fee will be collected through the end of 2021. Then the taxi subsidy will disappear and the 20 cents will be split by localities and the state for five years. The whole fee will go away at the end of 2026.

[randyrand]

ah the old 'temporary tax' we hear time to time.

I remember some story about a few WWII temporary taxes that are still taxing today.

[jdminhbg]

Pennsylvanians still pay a "temporary" 18% tax on alcohol instituted to pay for damage caused by the Johnstown Flood.

... in 1936.

http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2016/03/27/Tr...

[staticfish]

The toll charges for a trip across the Golden Gate Bridge were instituted to pay for the segment not subsided by the citizens on each bank of the San Francisco Bay.