I applaud the good gentleman from Connecticut for this bill, a similar incarnation of which was recently passed unanimously in Frémont. Taxing citizens for using public roads is an odious practice and must be abolished!
Sorry, I should have clarified: assessing a flat tax to pay for infrastructure (essentially what a toll is) is a worse system than other means of financing roads and bridges. Under such a system, someone who earns $30,000 a year and makes a one-hour commute twice a day, six days a week would pay more on average than someone who earns $90,000 working from home. I suppose if you view taxation as a user fee, there isn't anything wrong with that, but it's very problematic if public works are a system maintained by the entire region for the benefit of all.
