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Adjustable Tax, AMerica Working Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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John Krafcik, CEO of Waymo Inc., the autonomous vehicle company created by Google's parent company, speaks at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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John Krafcik, CEO of Waymo Inc., the autonomous vehicle company created by Google's parent company, introduces a Chrysler Pacifica hybrid outfitted with Waymo's own suite of sensors and radar at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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A Chrysler Pacifica hybrid outfitted with Waymo's suite of sensors and radar is shown at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. Waymo is the autonomous vehicle company created by Google's parent company, Alphabet. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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John Krafcik, CEO of Waymo, the autonomous vehicle company created by Google's parent company, Alphabet introduces a Chrysler Pacifica hybrid outfitted with Waymo's own suite of sensors and radar at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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FILE - In this May 13, 2016 file photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown gestures to a chart showing the unpredictable capital gains revenues as he discusses his revised 2016-17 state budget plan in Sacramento, Calif. Brown will release his proposed state budget on Jan. 10, 2017, outlining his spending priorities during a period of deep uncertainty about California's finances as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. CST.- A wind turbine pictured here on Wednesday, December 28, 2016 was built south of the Central Community College-Hastings campus as a partnership with Bluestem Energy Solutions, Hastings Utilities and CCC. CCC hopes to add a wind energy program to the curriculum by the fall of 2017. (Amy Roh/The Hastings Tribune via AP)
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A woman wears a mask as she walks past a construction site as smog continues to choke Beijing on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. The official Xinhua News Agency reported this week that the environmental ministry had given out punishments after finding that more than 500 construction sites and enterprises, including metallurgy, agricultural chemical and steel plants, and 10,000 vehicles had breached pollution response plans. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Real estate heir Robert Durst appears in a Los Angeles Superior Court Airport Branch for a pre-trial motions hearing Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)
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Real estate heir Robert Durst listens to defense lawyer Dick DeGuerin while appearing for a pre-trial motions hearing Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)
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Real estate heir Robert Durst appears in a Los Angeles Superior Court Airport Branch with defense lawyer Dick DeGuerin for a pre-trial motions hearing Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)
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Real estate heir Robert Durst is wheeled into a courtroom in a Los Angeles Superior Court Airport Branch for a pre-trial motions hearing Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)
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Real estate heir Robert Durst appears in a Los Angeles Superior Court Airport Branch for a pre-trial motions hearing Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)
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Real estate heir Robert Durst appears in a Los Angeles Superior Court Airport Branch with defense lawyer Dick DeGuerin for a pre-trial motions hearing Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)
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Eric Grant takes his three-year-old daughter Makayla to preschool in Philadelphia, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. Thousands of Philadelphia toddlers are starting 2017 in a city pre-kindergarten program, launched this week alongside a new sugary beverage tax created to fund it. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Teacher Patty Cronin helps three-year-old Makayla Grant open her package of cereal during preschool in Philadelphia, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. Thousands of Philadelphia toddlers are starting 2017 in a city pre-kindergarten program, launched this week alongside a new sugary beverage tax created to fund it. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Eric Grant takes his three-year-old daughter Makayla to preschool in Philadelphia, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. Thousands of Philadelphia toddlers are starting 2017 in a city pre-kindergarten program, launched this week alongside a new sugary beverage tax created to fund it. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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People walk by an advertisement of the Samsung Electronics Galaxy S7 edge smartphone in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday that its profits in the last quarter of 2016 surged 50 percent to the highest level in more than three years, despite the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)