With its reserve fund depleted, and its last-minute budget agreement featuring several unappetizing tax hikes on corporations and the wealthiest people living in the state (as well as taxes on e-cigarettes and Airbnb) New Jersey lawmakers and state officials are considering yet another tax - on tap water - that would purportedly be used to fix a crumbling water delivery infrastructure, according toFox 5.
State Sen. Bob Smith proposed the tax, which he posed as a "user fee" based on volume, saying it would add 10 cents for every 1,000 gallons of water used. Smith said that it would only add $32 a year to the "average" bill. For the record, the state already charges a public utility franchise tax on water system operators of $0.01 per 1,000 gallons. That tax, which went into effect in 1984, is supposed to "ensure clean drinking water in New Jersey."
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And isn't one of the main reasons we revolted against the English crown was taxes? Sounds like New Jersey is in a death throw and is headed for total collapse! So much for the tax breaks, they will go so the rest of us can "bail out" New Jersey!!
Don't laugh, MD has run out of reasons to tax also! Hair dryers/curling irons are next on the list...air isn't that far down the list!
Once it's begun it never will end.
Rain tax next...
Dave T: Sure, add another tax, why not. What a pack of clowns. Total disgrace to the offices they hold.
It probably would, but what happens in the world of politicians is, they get the money and don't spend it on fixing anything except the next election.
Social Security would be solvent for DECADES except for the fact that POLITICIANS got their hands on all that cash.
60 BILLION a month.
Replaced with worthless Treasury bonds as soon as it hits the bank.
Start hanging them RIGHT NOW.
or , keep cheering.
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