To the Editor:

I am sharing the latest new CT tax proposals from the Governor and the Democrats in Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee:

New 2% tax Capital Gains, Property tax credit removed with a scheduled expansion, tax for Ride share

Increase in sales tax on meals, 10% increase on alcohol, increase on Movies, eliminate 5 year $500 credit for STEM college graduates, tax on interior design services, dry cleaning and laundry services include coin operated, tax parking, tax digital downloads from 1.0$ to standard 6.35 %, tax safety apparel, tax e cigarettes liquid at 75% wholesale, maintain hospital user fee at FY 2019 level of $900 million, implement ambulatory surgical center tax study, surcharge on plastic bags of 10 cents, increase annual filing fee for LL and LL from $20 to $100, eliminate exemption for pension and annuity income, eliminate increased exemption for social security income, tax legal services, accounting services, architectural, engineering, tax on real estate activities and agents/brokers, tax veterinary services, barbers and beauty salons, massage therapists and electrologist services, sports and recreation instruction and industries, horse boarding and training, travel arrangement and scenic transportation, tax on services to buildings and dwellings, waste collection, tax renovation and repair of residential property, change state law from paying 1/3 of teacher insurance to ¼, tax repair or maintenance of vessels, winter boat storage, increase tax on boats from 2.99% to standard 6.35% rate, hotel occupancy tax from 15% to 17%, tax on trade ins for vehicles, tax on text books, college and professional schools, newspapers and magazines, CT credit unions, campground rentals, child car seats, vegetable seeds, new 25 cent deposit on wine/liquor glass bottles, on nips, new tax on payroll to fund state-run Family Medical Leave.

Currently Connecticut is 48th in fiscal stability, 43 in opportunity, Connecticut in ranked no 48 in higher education according to US News. And, all House Democratss voted no funding special education/ECS for our children, as well as keeping men in women’s sports.

The first year tax increase will be $395 million or about 1.9 percent more that the current level of spending. The second year would be a 3/.6 percent spending increase of about $768 million.

The cost of Connecticut’s sanctuary state status last year cost the taxpayers $1.3 billion dollars projected to increase substantially with the Governor’s invitation to all illegal aliens to come to Connecticut. We are not the social service agency for the world.

Let you voices be heard in Hartford.

Karen Martin

Sandy Hook