Poll of the Day > CT's forecast? Even MORE taxes on the horizon!

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http://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-budget-vote-20170913-story.html

After months of frustrating delays, lawmakers were poised Thursday to approve a two-year budget that creates new taxes on cellphone bills and vacation homes, along with hiking tax rates on hospitals and hotel rooms.

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The cellphone tax would be 49 cents per month, which is the same rate as Massachusetts, Democrats said. Many rank-and-file lawmakers were caught off guard when they heard about the new idea, but negotiators said it was important to the state’s revenue stream because it is a widespread tax that would affect about 3 million cellphones and will be charged every month.

Brought to you by the fine lawmakers at Dewey, Screwem, and Howe! Once again instead of trying to cut spending -- particularly when it comes to our overly generous welfare policies which encourage people to not work -- we're going to attempt to balance a budget by once more ratcheting up taxes on the handful of people still too stubborn to leave the state.
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Lock her up!

A 49 cent per month tax is enough to make you move out of the state? Moving would probably cost you more than the tax.

Also, 3,576,452 is a handful?

Remember when medieval Europe put up a mud tax and the people revolted ushering in the era of no taxation without representation?
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CaptainStrong posted...

A 49 cent per month tax is enough to make you move out of the state? Moving would probably cost you more than the tax.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_that_broke_the_camel%27s_back

Keep in mind that CT pays every tax imaginable. Most states have some of our taxes, but I'm not sure *any* has all of them. Even NY and NJ, for instance, don't have car taxes. Hell, last year Dannel Malloy was floating around the idea of a window tax!
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