[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by BeyondtheHorizon

Because wealthy people have more expensive cars. Right now a person with a bentley pays more in yearly car tax than someone with a honda civic.

I’m not seeing the logic here. $200 car tax to someone making $14/hr is worth a lot more than $1,000 to someone making $200,000/year. Getting rid of car tax would help out that minimum wage employee more than anyone.

[SparkyR59]

Originally Posted by synchem

Which is why it only makes sense to eliminate the gas tax with the implementation of tolls.

If this is really to have out of stater's pay their share of road usage, tolls will be much more effective in doing that than a gas tax. Pretty much every car on the road is capable of filling up a gas tank and driving through the entire state without stopping. Effectively not paying for their share of road use, to avoid paying tolls while traveling they would have to avoid our state entirely. This would then fund the repairing of roads with a correlation to tolls which is how much money is made from their use.

And they won't eliminate it, have you seen a tax eliminated in the last 10 years? 15 years? This toll thing is not at all about out of staters when in fact and not denied but every state rep that 70% of that 1.3 billion per year projected will be ct residents

[SparkyR59]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

I’m not seeing the logic here. $200 car tax to someone making $14/hr is worth a lot more than $1,000 to someone making $200,000/year. Getting rid of car tax would help out that minimum wage employee more than anyone.

But if you do the math let's go low end at 40 a month for toll for a year that 200 car tax turned into a 480 toll

[RunD1987]

Originally Posted by BeyondtheHorizon

Because wealthy people have more expensive cars. Right now a person with a bentley pays more in yearly car tax than someone with a honda civic.

It would hurt low income if car tax was a one time fee and raised mill rates. I would figure at that point most would rent but rent prices would soar. Could see it now a 90 mill rate!

[RunD1987]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

I’m not seeing the logic here. $200 car tax to someone making $14/hr is worth a lot more than $1,000 to someone making $200,000/year. Getting rid of car tax would help out that minimum wage employee more than anyone.

About $2000 yr car tax on a 2 yr old car.

Be great $2,000 year for gas, $2,000 for car taxes, $2,500 to $3,000 for tolls, and $12,000 in income taxes.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by RunD1987

About $2000 yr car tax on a 2 yr old car.

Be great $2,000 year for gas, $2,000 for car taxes, $2,500 to $3,000 for tolls, and $12,000 in income taxes.

$2,000/yr on car tax? Maybe if you have a Maserati.

[SparkyR59]

Originally Posted by RunD1987

It would hurt low income if car tax was a one time fee and raised mill rates. I would figure at that point most would rent but rent prices would soar. Could see it now a 90 mill rate!

At that point I don't see anyone left here

[synchem]

Originally Posted by SparkyR59

And they won't eliminate it, have you seen a tax eliminated in the last 10 years? 15 years? This toll thing is not at all about out of staters when in fact and not denied but every state rep that 70% of that 1.3 billion per year projected will be ct residents

Of course most of it would be from CT residents, the whole point of my post was the tolls are a way for people form out of state to pay their fair share of road usage. A gas tax is not the way to do that. Whether it stays or goes, tolls on specific roads are the only way for people who use that road to pay their share of using it.

[SparkyR59]

Originally Posted by synchem

Of course most of it would be from CT residents, the whole point of my post was the tolls are a way for people form out of state to pay their fair share of road usage. A gas tax is not the way to do that. Whether it stays or goes, tolls on specific roads are the only way for people who use that road to pay their share of using it.

Not 120+tolls across the state

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by SparkyR59

And they won't eliminate it, have you seen a tax eliminated in the last 10 years? 15 years? This toll thing is not at all about out of staters when in fact and not denied but every state rep that 70% of that 1.3 billion per year projected will be ct residents

Your 70% figure is incorrect under the current proposal. While it is true that about 70% of the traffic on our highways are Connecticut cars and trucks, that does not mean that Connecticut residents are paying 70%. Read the articles on this and you will see that the plan is to charge out-of-state vehicles double what Connecticut residents are charged so the amount being paid by us will be much lower. Add in the deduction on state income tax and possibly eliminating the car tax and the cost to state residents is much less. Of course that could change but still it will not be us funding the full 70%. Jay