With barely one month complete in year 2021, several senators have proposed bills that should leave Connecticut taxpayers wondering if they have lost their minds.

Senator Martin Looney, the Senate president, proposes establishing a statewide property tax in addition to the property tax we pay to our municipality. The good news is if your property is assessed for less than $300,000 you are exempt.

Sen. Looney calls it a “mansion tax” but in some parts of Connecticut a house with a $300,000 assessment is anything but. It is pricey enough to live in Connecticut and buy a home. This will just make it worse.

Senators Alex Kasser and Will Haskell introduced a bill to implement tolls on our state highways. Haven’t we beaten this to death? Didn’t the taxpayers of our state make it clear we are against this regressive tax?

Haskell also introduced a bill that will subject you to a $20 fine if you do not vote. Maybe our freedoms ironically end when you cross into the Constitution State.

It appears that with one political party having secured a more lopsided majority this past election, they are throwing every tax proposal they can think of at the wall to see what sticks.

Patrick Sasser

Founder of No Tolls CT

Stamford