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posted by martyb on Monday February 11 2019, @04:37AM   Printer-friendly
from the pennies-from-heaven dept.

Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy is poised to sign a "rain tax" bill passed by the state legislature Jan. 31 — and Republicans and lots of taxpayers are howling with rage.

"Every time you think there's nothing left to tax, we come up with something else," Assemblyman Hal Wirths (R-Morris-Sussex) exploded during a debate on the measure.

"It's just never-ending down here."

The law allows each of the state's 565 municipalities to set up its own public stormwater utility. The new bureaucracies will build and manage sewer systems to treat pollutant-filled stormwater runoff.

https://nypost.com/2019/02/09/new-jersey-wants-to-tax-the-rain/


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  • (Score: 2) by qzm on Monday February 11 2019, @05:27AM (3 children)

    by qzm (3260) on Monday February 11 2019, @05:27AM (#799388)

    And yet it will mostly be applied to private individuals, while those large business will be exempt because 'job creation'.

    I guess you find that fair?

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  • (Score: 5, Touché) by sjames on Monday February 11 2019, @05:34AM (2 children)

    by sjames (2882) on Monday February 11 2019, @05:34AM (#799390) Journal

    So don't grant the breaks.

    • (Score: 2) by shortscreen on Monday February 11 2019, @10:52AM (1 child)

      by shortscreen (2252) on Monday February 11 2019, @10:52AM (#799465) Journal

      Aha, but is there a "no breaks" clause in the bill? ;)

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 11 2019, @07:37PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 11 2019, @07:37PM (#799707)

        Aha, but is there a "no breaks" clause in the bill? ;)

        We seem to be careening down the path of no return ... so I'm pretty sure we're not using any breaks.