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Nah. Those tolls go to new york. The people being taxed are predominantly from NJ. Our gov just raised the gas tax to help fund the transit system here, and he’
by moate 3y ago
Nah. Those tolls go to new york. The people being taxed are predominantly from NJ. Our gov just raised the gas tax to help fund the transit system here, and he’s also suing NY over these tolls. Feel however you want about this, it’s a complicated issue because of our patchworks of states vs federal control.
- harimau777 3y agoIf the people paying the tolls work everyday in New York, then I think it would be reasonable to consider them to effectively be New Yorkers as much as they are New Jersiers (New Jersites?). Like you say though, it's complicated. Especially when you have New York and Jersey City that in a lot of ways are almost one city that happens to be in two states.
- r00fus 3y agoIncome tax is often divided into where you live AND where you work (ie unemployment is typically work-state dependent). However the where you live part is over-emphasized IMHO.
- bobthepanda 3y agoI mean this also hits anyone coming from an outer borough. It’s hardly only a tax on NJ residents