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Toll study projects $1b in revenue for state
The Meriden Record-Journal ^
| November 19, 2018
| Mike Savino
Posted on 12/14/2018 10:58:22 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: BobL; sphinx; GreenLanternCorps; oldvirginian
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
More taxes will solve everything. Atlas Shrugged.
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posted on
12/14/2018 11:00:16 AM PST
by
BipolarBob
(Have a McClane Christmas : "Now I have a machine gun HO-HO - HO".)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Yes, they can raise that much, but do they need that much to maintain the roads more than they do now? Doubtful
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posted on
12/14/2018 11:00:29 AM PST
by
cyclotic
( Democrats must be politically eviscerated, disemboweled and demolished.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Hey, it is what the morons voted for. A recent two-day trip to New Jersey resulted in well over $100 in tolls.
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posted on
12/14/2018 11:01:36 AM PST
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Everybody should just turn all their investments and income over to the state. The state will then give you according to your needs. Whatever is fair.
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posted on
12/14/2018 11:06:40 AM PST
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Flying cars ,that’s what they need
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Someone projects $1 billion in revenue
State governments spends $1 billion dollars
Actual revenue comes in much lower
Citizens get double screwed when other taxes have to be raised to compensate.
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posted on
12/14/2018 11:08:20 AM PST
by
The Iceman Cometh
(Donald J Trump 45th President of the United States !MAGA)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin, a strong advocate for tolls, said the report didnt do anything to change his stance.
Is he #%$%# nuts?! Does he realize what will happen to traffic on the Berlin Turnpike if tolls are put on I-91?
This will also KILL New Haven and Hartford even more. NO ONE wants to live there. Now, no one will want to commute to work there, either.
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posted on
12/14/2018 11:10:30 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Is this part of the Global Warming plan to stop people from driving ?
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
New ways to pick your pocket here in Connecticut.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Connecticut @ 44 cents per gallon already charges the 7th highest gas taxes in the nation.
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posted on
12/14/2018 11:27:33 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Some examples of trips and costs provided in the study include Wallingford to New Haven 53 cents for residents off-peak, and 66 cents during peak hours
I grew up in Wallingford when there was a toll booth on the Wilbercross Parkway. We never paid that toll, as we would use Route 5 or I-91 to avoid it. If you try to tag both I-91 AND the Wilbercross (Route 15), you are going to ruin Route 5 and the Hartford Turnpike.
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posted on
12/14/2018 11:27:40 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
That means two billion sucked out of peoples’ pockets. This is a tax, not a toll.
This will drive people out of the state, reducing the take, leading the dems to raise the rates, which will drive more to leave CT, and in response the legislature will raise the rates again, ... repeat until doomsday.
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posted on
12/14/2018 11:41:20 AM PST
by
I want the USA back
(There are two sexes: male (pronoun HE), and female (pronoun SHE). Denial of this is insanity.)
To: I want the USA back
Connecticut is a small state with a lot of through traffic used by outsiders. It’s one of the rare cases where tolls might make sense politically. This is basically a tax on the residents of Rhode Island and Boston who will see the cost of their freight escalate substantially.
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posted on
12/14/2018 11:45:14 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
To: Alberta's Child
I work 26 miles from my home. If I used the same route, my tolls would be $11 a day. Screw all that.
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posted on
12/14/2018 11:46:18 AM PST
by
Travis T. OJustice
(<---Time Magazine's 2006 Person of the Year)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Connecticut already charges a sales tax on cars, an excise tax and gas is taxed not just once, but there are TWO gas taxes.
All this money goes into the general fund. It does not go into the transportation fund as promised. If Connecticut put the gas tax money collected towards what is was promised to go to, we’d have the best transportation infrastructure int he world.
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posted on
12/14/2018 11:48:46 AM PST
by
Travis T. OJustice
(<---Time Magazine's 2006 Person of the Year)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Connecticut already charges a sales tax on cars, an excise tax and gas is taxed not just once, but there are TWO gas taxes.
All this money goes into the general fund. It does not go into the transportation fund as promised. If Connecticut put the gas tax money collected towards what is was promised to go to, we’d have the best transportation infrastructure int he world.
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posted on
12/14/2018 11:48:47 AM PST
by
Travis T. OJustice
(<---Time Magazine's 2006 Person of the Year)
To: Travis T. OJustice
You’re the type of motorist who is going to make the toll revenues fall short of projections — because you’re likely to modify your behavior (change your route, drive less frequently on the toll roads, etc.) in response to the tolls.
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posted on
12/14/2018 11:53:20 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
To: Alberta's Child
Youre the type of motorist who is going to make the toll revenues fall short of projections because youre likely to modify your behavior (change your route, drive less frequently on the toll roads, etc.) in response to the tolls. Absolutely.
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posted on
12/14/2018 11:58:28 AM PST
by
Travis T. OJustice
(<---Time Magazine's 2006 Person of the Year)
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