TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

This is just another way to get your tax dollars. This state in in financial disaster with the recent state pension news They do not use tax dollars wisely, look at roads and bridges that have been funded thru gas and excise taxes. They raise taxes to give themselves raises. The U.S. is not responsible for climate change, it has been changing since beginning of time. Plant trees if you think there is a problem, they clean the air.

I believe you people (climate change activists) are out of your god damn minds!
Stop trying to eliminate fossil fuels! Electric cars will NEVER be a viable option.
STOP taxing (yes a fee is a TAX) the consumer. Stop trying to force us to get rid of our automobiles.
The Earth is going through a cycle, science PROVES this!
I will fight to the very end to NOT let the TCI ever become law.
You should be ashamed of yourself.

I highly support the developent of regional transportation initiatives that rely on clean energy sources. I routinely use the bus to travel from Maine to Boston and would use a clean transport system in preference to a polluting option even if it cost more to do so.

Do not let the worst governor Maine has ever had live up to her steal thieving name. We can not afford any new taxes. What is she planning on using the money for, a magic fan that will blow the CO2 into space? No. This is a guise to get more money to fund welfare programs for votes. It is democrat thievery. We are one of the highest taxed states in the country with some of the lowest salaries. We can not allow Mills to make us even more of a welfare state than we are. Businesses are leaving. Our youth are leaving in droves. This fossil fuel tax is not right for Maine, and we can not afford to live here if Mills and her democrat cronies are allowed to rob us into poverty.

This is a terrible idea for Maine! We cannot afford higher fuel prices, nor can most of us afford electric cars!

as a owner of new emission truck that has already cost me 25000.00 dollar in repairs in the first 65000 miles the regulation is just going to increase my cost that i will pass along to the end user of my product .

This is an amazing thing. Some things that will make it more amazing:
-Expansion to other states. There is only one passenger rail line in Oklahoma, and it only connects OKC to Texas.
-An expansion of the cap-and-trade, and perhaps the implementation of a carbon tax instead of cap-and-trade.

Disincentives to single person automobile travel such as a substantial increase in gasoline taxes complement the cap and invest mechanism of the TCI.

To minimize the regressive nature of such a tax there could be an exemption to persons or families earning 250% times poverty level, or perhaps 60% of median income for the state.

People who qualify would be given a transponder and gas stations a transponder reader. The upfront set up cost would be borne by the state then reimbursed from the tax revenue.

In 2017 Massachusetts drivers used 2,700,036,000 gallons of gasoline according to the EPA.

Approximately 25% of Massachusetts residents would qualify for an exemption using the above means testing.

A 50 cent increase would net a bit over 1 billion dollars a year after the exempt population is discounted. This money would go to infrastructure and public transportation.

As revenue falls when more people switch to EVs or take public transportion the could be a surcharge; either means tested or, by miles driven to keep the infrastructure and transportation investments funded.
II wholeheartedly support the TCI

Some part of TCI revenue needs to be disbursed to EV infrastructure associated with affordable housing. It could be grants to affording housing developers for charging stations, grid tied or solar. There could be Additional rebates toward EV purchase or lease for low income families, especially ones that are underserved by public transportation or that live in affordable or low income housing.