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Fury as US state weighs up border toll for visitors and declares war on pickup trucks in move neighboring residents insist is another 'unnecessary' money grab (Massachusetts)
UK Daily Mail ^ | April 20 2024 | ALEX HAMMER

Posted on 04/20/2024 8:17:09 AM PDT by knighthawk

The concept of tolling drivers entering the state of Massachusetts has angered some Americans - including local politicians.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, 49, was among those to speak out, after the idea was floated last week by Bay State Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt.

The Republican slammed the prospective guidance as ' yet another way to unnecessarily take [citizens'] money,' this time by taxing them at the state border.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: massachusetts; taxes; toll
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To: knighthawk

This would hit all those hypocrite libs who moved to NH to avoid Massachusetts taxes, but commute to the Boston beltways.


21 posted on 04/20/2024 9:00:13 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: knighthawk

When I looked a the photo with the LEO, dressed as the “Gestapo”, I thought “how apropos”!


22 posted on 04/20/2024 9:00:56 AM PDT by GOYAKLA
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To: FLT-bird

The Minute Men?


23 posted on 04/20/2024 9:05:15 AM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: MinorityRepublican

How about a toll to keep people from Massachusetts from getting out


24 posted on 04/20/2024 9:13:52 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: knighthawk

Monica Tibbits-Nutt another member of the Green/Climate Cult ?


25 posted on 04/20/2024 9:15:58 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Cincinnatus.45-70

Texas requires a license to carry. I thought it was a right to carry state.


26 posted on 04/20/2024 9:17:26 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: FLT-bird
Has anything good ever come out of Massachusetts?

Yes, a long time ago. The first significant defeats of the British in the revolutionary war.

27 posted on 04/20/2024 9:18:31 AM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: 9YearLurker

We have tolls in NH too. People from New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and many other states passing through NH on the way to Maine get to help pay for the roads.


28 posted on 04/20/2024 9:20:06 AM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: knighthawk

Isn’t this a violation of the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution?


29 posted on 04/20/2024 9:27:32 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

When Monica Tibbits-Nutt moves house does she use a peddle bike or a truck ?


30 posted on 04/20/2024 9:30:49 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: knighthawk

The only reason to go to Assholechusetts is if you have terminal diarrhea.


31 posted on 04/20/2024 9:31:33 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: 9YearLurker

There are plenty of state liquor stores not on the freeways that can be easily accessed. The ones like Hampton and Portsmouth on I-95 are pure tourist traps. NH has no income or sales tax and so tolls are certainly a revenue source but it’s nothing like MA where every single thing in your life is taxed.


32 posted on 04/20/2024 9:32:29 AM PDT by kpbruinfan (Jesus Christ is the only name by which man can be saved.)
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To: FLT-bird

“Has anything good ever come out of Massachusetts?”

John Adams and me, but that’s about it.


33 posted on 04/20/2024 9:43:59 AM PDT by PTBAA
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To: outofsalt

It’s not required in Texas, but it is optional, and especially attractive for those who travel to non-free states that require a license or permit.


34 posted on 04/20/2024 9:44:15 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: outofsalt

You don’t need a license in Texas, but a lot of people still get one so they can carry in reciprocal states.


35 posted on 04/20/2024 9:45:25 AM PDT by rmichaelj (Ave Maria gratia plena, Dominus tecum.)
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To: knighthawk

As an Oregonian, a $1000 fee for Californians to enter Oregon sounds great.


36 posted on 04/20/2024 9:46:12 AM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23 "And THIS is His commandment . . . . ")
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To: freeandfreezing

That’s what I was referring to.


37 posted on 04/20/2024 9:48:13 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: kpbruinfan

Believe me, I know that well!

But the state booze shops are especially positioned to lure MA buyers. And does MA still have its blue laws? If so, their Sunday MA biz is still the biggest.

“Sin taxes” as NH was known to run on, though now more on property and passive income taxes.

Live free or pay, suckers!


38 posted on 04/20/2024 9:51:25 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: knighthawk

Okay, If they want to do this it is their choice.

I have been to Massachusetts many times. This is fine with me, I have NO interest in ever going back to that lib shithole.


39 posted on 04/20/2024 10:00:28 AM PDT by Agatsu77
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To: MinorityRepublican

Is that a tranny?


40 posted on 04/20/2024 10:17:11 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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