Connecticut lawmakers pass truck-only highway user tax

Correct me if im wrong, but isnt this the kind of thing that ifta was formed in order to avoid?

(Yes im aware that ifta is fuel but also mileage based)

 

1 word.... Discrimination

Still think there should be a East United States and a West United States the Mississippi River is the border and Mexico can have Commiefornia..

 

Simple... don't haul anything to Connecticut and don't pass through there. Let them go and get their own food and supplies. We don't have to take it to them.

 

I mean......Connecticut is a small ### state. To go the length of 84 is like 80 miles.....at 2 cpm that's a couple of bucks. If you're in and out of CT as in occasional loads there, it won't be noticeable. The locals on the other hand, who run there with regularity may feel the pinch some.

 

You realize it's just the beginning. It may seem very minimal now but just look at my "beat their citizens broke" state PA. The Pa turnpike goes up 5-6% every year for the next 30 yrs. We have the highest fuel tax. Now their considering a $2 toll both ways on I-83 bridge around capital. We want more so we can waste more mentality.

 

And then the next thing you know Texas says hey, "what are they doing in Connecticut?" Then Missouri says, "hey, what's going on in Connecticut...and now Texas?" Then Montana says hey, "What's going on in Connecticut, Texas, and Missouri?"

 

EXACTLY! F'em

 

I'm waiting for the guy to show up that says, "Well good, if none of you will go into Connecticut then that's more freight for me", the guy that doesn't see the bigger picture. As far as I'm concerned you could keep Connecticut before this tax, after this tax, and long after I'm gone.