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FearandLoathinginBTV OP t1_jealzkq wrote

My biggest gripe is that the committee is charging full steam ahead without a care for commissioner of finance and management’s statement on this bill’s effects:

>The agency’s new fees would go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024.

>But the state’s commissioner of finance and management, Adam Greshin, said in an interview late last week that he does not think the fee increase is necessary. Fees charged by the state Agency of Transportation have increased “far faster than inflation” in recent decades, he said. Moreover, Greshin said he thinks the administration’s proposed budget for the 2024 fiscal year already sets aside enough money for future fiscal years.

> At a time when households are feeling the effects of inflation themselves, “why are we asking Vermonters to dig into their pocketbooks and pay higher fees?” the commissioner said. “This is a fee increase on virtually every Vermonter who drives ... I mean, this is a big deal.”

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you_give_me_coupon t1_jeb3nwd wrote

> My biggest gripe is that the committee is charging full steam ahead without a care for commissioner of finance and management’s statement on this bill’s effects:

They just don't care. They want poor and working-class people out, as fast as possible.

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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_jeeol0v wrote

I think the VT legislature is mostly people who are independently wealthy and have no idea idea how normal people live. If fees go up, why not just ask your parents for more money?

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Sudden_Dragonfly2638 t1_jebr21z wrote

The transportation fund already kicks $40 mil/year to the general fund. If they do this, it's not to fund transpo.

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