The prospect of imposing tolls on drivers passing through Massachusetts is making some Americans uncomfortable, including the average citizen and local politicians, the newspaper said. daily mail.
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, 49, was just one of many governors to voice their opposition to recent developments. He spoke about the situation after the idea was proposed by Bay State Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits Nutt.
The Republican governor said the idea is “yet another way to take unnecessary action.” [citizens’] money,” suggesting that truckers would be taxed at state lines.
Tibbitsnutt said the bill, which has not yet been written, would affect travelers using road, rail and local transit systems. And that would extend to the entire state of Massachusetts.
Tibbitsnutt also said, “You can’t price it high enough, you can’t charge a high enough fee…and that’s going to stop the type of people who want to buy that car.”
“Basically we make 100% decisions about who wants to drive an 18-wheeler as their own car. We have no control over that,” she continued.
“We can’t do that. There’s nothing we can do. There’s nothing we can do about it, at least not legally.”
Blaze News has contacted us. mass accountingPaul Craney of the They seem to think it’s their job to do that.” For special interest groups. ”
“The governor’s secretary said he wants to put toll plazas on the state border, which would create a transportation nightmare for neighboring Massachusetts communities and discourage out-of-state workers from traveling to Massachusetts. There’s no benefit to having toll booths on state lines.” Craney continued.
“The Secretary of Transportation made a meaningful policy statement by declaring, “We’re going to go after all the people who are supposed to give us money.” This attitude will not help Governor Healey two years later. That could hurt him when he decides to run for re-election.”
“It’s scary to think that senior officials in the Healey administration are bragging to special interest groups that they want to inflict economic pain on the people they are supposed to be working for,” Craney said in a previous report. It refers to Tibbits Nut.
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