[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

PING.

[BipolarBob]

More taxes will solve everything. Atlas Shrugged.

[cyclotic]

Yes, they can raise that much, but do they need that much to maintain the roads more than they do now? Doubtful

[tcrlaf]

Hey, it is what the morons voted for. A recent two-day trip to New Jersey resulted in well over $100 in tolls.

[FatherofFive]

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.

[butlerweave]

Flying cars ,that’s what they need

[The Iceman Cometh]

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.

[Dr. Sivana]

House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin, a strong advocate for tolls, said the report didn’t 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.

[butlerweave]

Is this part of the Global Warming plan to stop people from driving ?

[ProudDeplorable]

New ways to pick your pocket here in Connecticut.

[C19fan]

Connecticut @ 44 cents per gallon already charges the 7th highest gas taxes in the nation.

[Dr. Sivana]

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.

[I want the USA back]

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.

[Travis T. OJustice]

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.

[Travis T. OJustice]

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.

[DoughtyOne]

Connecticut wants to rip $1 billion dollars away from families who are trying to put food on the table for their children.

Let’s play their game their way.

[Brilliant]

Wouldn’t want potential revenue to go uncollected would we?

[ml/nj]

out of state residents would pay 7.9 cents

I don't understand why Connecticut residents aren't charged ten times the NJ rate when they drive on our Turnpike.

ML/NJ