Senator Boucher Hails Defeat of Mileage Tax Study

Proclaims Victory for Commuters About to Be Whacked by Another Tax

State Senator Toni Boucher (R-26) called a recent Department of Transportation announcement a victory for Connecticut commuters. DOT Commissioner James Redeker notified the I-95 Corridor Coalition that the state would no longer participate in a mileage tax study.

“We don’t need to study something that Connecticut taxpayers are against,” Sen. Boucher said. “People don’t want to pay yet another tax and they don’t want the government knowing when and where they drive. A mileage tax would be an unacceptable intrusion and it makes absolutely no sense for the state to spend $300,000 on this when rest areas are being closed because of funding cuts.”

Sen. Boucher said the state backed out of the mileage tax study after a bill defunding the study was approved by the legislature’s Transportation Committee. A proposal to install tolls in Connecticut is the next measure she plans to see defeated.

“People don’t want a mileage tax and they certainly don’t want tolls,” she said. “Connecticut residents are being taxed to death. It’s time to address the state’s spending problem and quit looking for new sources of revenue. Otherwise, Connecticut will lose more people and more businesses and it won’t matter how many new taxes the legislature thinks of because there won’t be anyone left to pay them.”

Sen. Boucher is Co-chair of the Transportation Committee and serves the communities of Bethel, New Canaan, Redding, Ridgefield, Weston, Westport, and Wilton.