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Mass is hungry for cash, and Mass secretary of transportation Monica Tibbits-Nutt wants to grab commuters from neighboring states by the ankles and shake out their pockets.
“I’m talking tolling, I’m talking at the borders. I’m not talking within Massachusetts.”
She added: “We’re going after all the people who should be giving us money to make our transportation better and our communities better.”
Asked for details on the tolling option, a MassDOT spokeswoman said the task force is reviewing many possible revenue sources, including the “evaluation of tolling at all Massachusetts borders.”
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Governor Healey has come out and said that this will not be happening.
Yeah, Healey got an earful. But Tibbits-Nutt is probably just one of several in the Healey administration who thinks of taxpayers as cows to be milked. I have certainly run into Providence progressives who think of taxpayers this way.
I think it would not be legal to put up tolls at the borders on Federally funded highways anyway, based on the discussions we had here back when Raimondo proposed tolling trucks.
Yeah, Healey got an earful. But Tibbits-Nutt is probably just one of several in the Healey administration who thinks of taxpayers as cows to be milked. I have certainly run into Providence progressives who think of taxpayers this way.
I think it would not be legal to put up tolls at the borders on Federally funded highways anyway, based on the discussions we had here back when Raimondo proposed tolling trucks.
It was deemed unconstitutional because only out of state vehicles would be taxed. As I recall, I don't think there was an issue with federal funding - federal funding can never be more than 80% anyway.
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It was deemed unconstitutional because only out of state vehicles would be taxed. As I recall, I don't think there was an issue with federal funding - federal funding can never be more than 80% anyway.
I’m not talking about a court ruling for the truck tolls, I’m talking about Federal limitations on putting tolls on highways paid for with Federal Funds. There is (was?) a limitation. An old article, but this gives the idea:
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