TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

I totally support Gov. Wolf in his program to support TCI. The dramatic increase in atmospheric temperature, wild weather patterns, and significant melting of the polar ice caps certainly indicate that global warming is here and the solution is not easy nor immediate. It is certainly a travesty that the US is the only country within the developed nations who is not actively engaging this issue.

There is NO way this is NOT a tax.
We have had ENOUGH of Charlie Baker and the rest of the ma. political class.
There is NO shame in any of you.
We have ZERO representation and now that the "republican" gov. Is really just another democrat there is really nobody watching out for people just trying to live their lives and take care of their family. This thought process of " we're untouchable and can do anything we want" has to end.
TCI will NOT survive a court challenge(outside of Ma.) with neutral judges and honest people.
When do CITIZENS get a break? Don't give us the tax deduction WE passed twenty years ago and tell us you" gave "it to us. WE passed it and you couldn't even honor that for 20 years.
DeLeo,Spilka and Baker ALL will be voted out after this absolute dip off.

I support TCI, except for the use of "cap and trade": it would be better to 1) switch immediately to a Renewable Energy-based economy, 2)fine polluters and seize their extraction equipment, 3)and and allow Big Oil to do no more buisness then to convert their remaining stock to lubricants in order toto fund the conversion of non lubricants to atomic constituents.

There is no more urgent issue than environmental protection. I applaud any initiative that will promote decreasing carbon emissions while maintaining efficient transportation. I look forward to seeing New York be a part of this initiative.

Reducing pollution from transportation is a key component to reducing New Jersey's emissions.
Public transit investments that could be made with TCI proceeds would be valuable.
Choose the aggressive greenhouse gas reduction target that the most recent climate science tells us we need.
The policy must prioritize clean investments in areas overburdened by pollution and/or for those who don’t have access to transportation choices.

This TCI is nothing but a subversive attempt to impose a new version of the automatic gas tax that we, the voters, said HELL NO to in 2014. Not everyone in Massachusetts is asleep. And those of us who aren't are going to spread the word, as far and wide as we can, and expose you for the crooks you are. We will know who NOT to vote for in the future.

I feel if the government funded the scientists that disagree with the "carbon caused climate change" we would have a true explanation of what is going on with the climate, but that will not be done, as it is the government elected and bureaucracy who is pushing this for additional tax revenue, and that is what it really is. This would not change anything, just cost citizens more money. I reviewed some of the responses and this is the best explanation of reality:

First, the economic side: A "carbon tax" or "gas tax" is extremely regressive and hurts low-income individual, small business, and rural communities disproportionately. The relatively MINOR emission reductions gained by this approach will do nothing to curve "climate change" and only place an unnecessary burden on low income, rural Mainers. We do not have the ability in this state not to drive. Taxes without representation is a socialist concept, not one of a free society.

Second, the scientific side. To argue that ANY reductions in emissions from the transportation sector will "reverse" climate change is silly and unscientific. To think that if the world were to stop emitting carbon tomorrow (every living organism on the planet would need to stop breathing) and then believing the climate would return to 1800's levels, is farcical. Think about it. Can humans really control the climate? Ridiculous. The biggest fraud on the American public is when the courts ruled that CO2 was an air pollutant! How can that be, when CO2 is merely part of an organism's life cycle. CO2 is not and never should be considered a pollutant. This is a manufactured crisis. If the climate changes, for whatever reason, we adapt. Has happened over the millennium. Humans adapt to their environment, they cannot control it.

SAY NO to this ill-conceived plan. NO TAXES without representation, and CO2 is NOT a pollutant.

I am against Massachusetts entering into this agreement without a vote of the legislature. This is a gas tax, pure and simple, that they’ll be able to impose on drivers — particularly commuters— without never recording a vote. I suspect this is considered a “feature” by legislators from other states considering joining the TCI.

It is crucial to slow climate change NOW and the transportation sector is one of
the largest contributors. Please act NOW.