Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

Bla_Bla_Blanket t1_je2zlqs wrote

Reply to CT among the states with the highest tax burden by Kingdavid100

CT May have high taxes but it also has some of the best benefits amongst all states. These taxes are an indirect consequence of us being at the top in education, healthcare and other welfare benefits.

All those states that have low taxes offer their citizens little or no help and benefits. If you want to have a quality education that is on par with our public school education you’ll have to pay for private school in those states.

If you don’t like it here there are plenty of low tax options. Find a state that suits your needs and just move there instead.

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LordConnecticut t1_je2zl59 wrote

Reply to comment by Steady_Habits_CT in CT among the states with the highest tax burden by Kingdavid100

Correct, property taxes on cars also drop as the car ages. This is true of any fee or tax tied to something of diminishing value. The NH registration fee is tied to the value of the car the same as a tax.

Your decline in the fee is too extreme, it doesn’t drop that quickly unless the vehicle in question is a luxury vehicle purchased new, which depreciates very fast. Your logic is suggesting a $17k car is worth next to nothing after 6 years, which is certainly not the case.

So the cost of registration is similar to the cost of registration in CT (every two years) and the property tax every year.

We’re not talking about sales tax, that’s entirely separate and obviously a state without a sales tax will be the cheaper proposition. The article is strictly about registration costs and mentions only a tiny fraction of the actual cost in NH.

Lastly, insurance is cheaper in most of CT save for the panhandle. (Southern) NH is too close to Boston to be very cheap, and thus has a higher population density then much of CT.

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Badgercakes7 t1_je2yw4k wrote

Reply to comment by jtherese in Spotted in New Milford by British_Rover

Ya that “almost” is doing some REAL heavy lifting in that sentence.

And let’s say you’re right, that sexual assault is under sentenced. Fine. What is your plan? Because you are commenting here in support of someone with a “pedophile Hunter” sticker.

Do a simple google search yourself on how often vigilante / mob violence targets innocent people, often members of marginalized groups. Research the Salem witch trials. Hell, research Germany in the late 30s. Can you really not see why people might be hugely concerned by people claiming all members of the LGBTQ community, not to mention all liberals who support them, are groomers/pedophiles in one breath and calling for the murder of pedophiles in the next?

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Content-Bathroom-434 t1_je2y2nk wrote

Reply to Spotted in New Milford by British_Rover

I hate pedophiles, but I also hate pedophile hunters. They do it all for clout and break rules in the process making it difficult for authorities to properly bring someone to justice in our legal system.

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Steady_Habits_CT t1_je2xtow wrote

Reply to comment by LordConnecticut in CT among the states with the highest tax burden by Kingdavid100

You don't have this correct. The NH registration fee drops each year as the car ages. More important, there is no sales tax on cars (or anything else) in NH so you are leaving this benefit out of the numbers.

So while she might have paid $500 to register a car in NH (sounds far too high for a $17k car, but it dependson the originalvalue of the car), if it were a new car the next year that fee would have been about $415, then $333, then $250, then $167, then $83, for a total of $1740 over 6 years! In CT that car would have cost in the first yr $1080 in sales tax plus $200 to $500 in CT car tax depending on town plus the $100 registration fee. So right in the first yr that car cost in CT taxes and fees nearly as much as 6 years of registration fees in CT. Over six years, CT taxes would add another $1000 or more to that cost! And we haven't even factored in the difference in auto insurance rates!

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