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General Assembly leaders reject idea of so-called mileage tax

Leaders of the General Assembly's majority party have rejected the idea of a so-called mileage tax.  Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff and House Speaker Brendan Sharkey, both Democrats, say the idea discussed by the Governor's Transportation Finance Panel is a non-starter.  The panel was tasked by Governor Malloy of coming up with ways to pay for his $100 billion, 30 year transportation improvement plan. 

 

Both Wilton Senator Toni Boucher and Danbury Senator Mike McLachlan spoke out last week in opposition to the idea of taxing people based on how many miles they drive. 

 

Boucher called it even more of an an invasion of a person's privacy than an EZpass, which records where you pay a toll.  She compared the proposal to the gas tax, a consumption-based tax, which she says is already a double tax since there are two taxes levied on each gallon of gasoline sold in the state.

 

McLachlan says Connecticut should "stop spending money foolishly" so that there is money for repair roads.  He says he'd prefer ideas to better allocate the money that's already coming in to the state.

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