Friday, June 11, 2021

Connecticut’s New Democrat Party Truck Toll Tax. Welcome To Higher Prices For Everything.

 

I wonder if Connecticut Taxpayers understand that the Connecticut Democrat Party loves taxes.  If they could every aspect of Connecticut Taxpayer’s lives would be taxed, from miles driven in their personal and business vehicles along with the air they breathe.  From every time they flush their toilets to every morsel of food they eat in order to survive in this economic wasteland of a state.
Our Legislature (whether sober or not) satisfied our Executive Order Governor by passing yet another transportation toll tax this time on our trucking industry.  
Part of the House Bill 6688 summary is quoted below:
“Beginning January 1, 2023, this bill imposes a highway use tax (HUT) on every “carrier” for the privilege of operating, or causing to be operated, certain heavy, multi-unit motor vehicles on any highway (i.e., public road) in the state. The HUT is calculated based on a vehicle’s weight and the number of miles driven in the state. The bill establishes per-mile tax rates that increase based on vehicle gross weight, ranging from (1) 2.5 cents per mile for vehicles weighing 26,000-28,000 pounds (lbs.) to (2) 17.5 cents per mile for vehicles weighing more than 80,000 lbs. Revenue from the tax is directed to the Special Transportation Fund (STF) (see BACKGROUND). Under the bill, carriers must file returns and remit the tax to the Department of Revenue Services (DRS) on a monthly basis. The bill requires carriers to obtain HUT permits from DRS and establishes procedures for suspending or revoking them. It also applies to the HUT various collection, enforcement, and appeals process provisions that apply to other taxes under existing law. The bill authorizes the DRS commissioner to adopt implementing regulations for the HUT and prohibits tax credits from being applied against the HUT. *House Amendment “B” exempts certain motor vehicles transporting milk.”

My question to the Connecticut Democrat Party is who is actually going to pay this toll tax?  What does the “Special Transportation Fund” do for Connecticut Taxpayers?  What makes the fund “Special”?  Does the Connecticut Democrat Party think that the trucking industry will just eat this toll tax and not pass it on to consumers through much higher costs for all the products that are delivered in the state?  Does the Connecticut Democrat Party understand the amount of products that come into the state are by trucks of these sizes?  Do they think our state economy is self-sufficient and does not need to have anything shipped into the state?  Why in the middle of an economic recession would they want to raise prices for all consumers in the state?
We as Connecticut Taxpayer’s will never get any answers to these questions.  The Connecticut Democrat Party loves to tax anything and everything in our state.  This new truck toll tax will down the road be argued for all cars in the state (with plenty of exemptions written for Connecticut Democrat Party members and their donors to their party) since cars will probably be made a scapegoat for “damage” made to state roads.  The same state roads that we see hayfields growing on the side of them since the grass seems only to be cut once a season.  
Maybe the trucking industry will teach the Connecticut Democrat Party a lesson and boycott delivering to the state.  Maybe the Connecticut Democrat Party will tell Connecticut Taxpayers to grow their own food like they do in Venezuela.  So we won’t be dependent on trucks.  
We can really make Connecticut like a Third World Nation/Banana Republic that Ned Lamont, the state run media and the Connecticut Democrat Party so desperately want to have and control for their personal financial gains and power.  Welcome to much higher prices for everything coming very soon. Thanks to our Supreme Rulers in Hartford, the Connecticut Democrat Party.


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