TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

What is this going to do to offset the other countries who do nothing. What is this going to do to offset on erupting volcano? Maine is a lush green state with more trees than people, someone show me the study of Maine's carbon foot print.

I am appalled that this is even being seriously considered. The onerous tax load on Maine's middle class and poor will be increased to an unacceptable level should gas prices increase as expected. Just recall, if you will, some years ago when gas prices rose, and the concomitant decimation of businesses. Unrealistic goals which harm so many voters should be rejected out of hand. Quite apart from the effect on businesses for which gasoline is a major part, someone who works, as I do, traveling from house to house helping Mainers live in their homes, will be dealt a blow which will make our already low wage worth even less. If something like this is considered, it should be AFTER public transportation has been improved, NOT before. Even then, the rural character of Maine makes private transportation necessary. Most of us cannot afford electric cars, even if we would choose to use something which has NOT been proven to be best for our environment, given the terrible environmental costs of those batteries. Please withdraw Maine from this bad deal.

Stop raising every tax you can when our Social Security checks are only going up by $4-5!
Make the welfare people earn their way. Janet Mills you were going to do so much good......when are young going to start?

Since Maine is made. Up of largely rural areas. We don't have public transportation. We have a large senior citizens who live on social security. It is not unusual for seniors to travel 10 or more miles for medical appointments. Many residents travel 15 or more miles for work,and 10 or more miles for groceries. Are you going to put citizens out of work? Are you going to put seniors who will not get medical care because they cannot afford gas? How is putting a high tax on gas really going to help the Climate Initiative? Let's use common sense, and do not punish the people of Maine with additional taxes.

We need a powerful plan to reduce transportation pollution. The amount of traffic is crazy. Interstate, long-distance travel should mostly be via public transportation, not personal vehicles.
All of New England can potentially benefit by transitioning to cleaner and more efficient transportation options. Let's go for the economic, health, and environmental benefits of TCI!

We live in a largely rural state where we have to drive more than the average distance to get anything that we need. This tax would cost us too much. Many of our citizens are older and on fixed incomes this will hurt them the most. Electric vehicles have enough incentives they get tax credits to buy them and they do not even have to pay road taxes this should be enough. We also have alot of generators that run on diesel in a state where when your power goes out it could be out weeks this is an unnecessary burden. We are also are a forested state so I feel that our co2 foot print is lower than other states in this pact. I feel that we are so rural that investments i public transportation will only be helpful in southern Maine and maybe 3 cities beyond that. Maine is more than just Portland. Please don't do this we are already at the breaking point with no way to make up these increases if there is much more we will have to sell and move out of Maine.

This is ill advised and will be disaterous for those Mainers that are already living on the edge. Those that are able to will have no choice but to move to another state, those who can't will have to rely on more public assistance to make ends meet. This is a lose, lose scenario for all but the wealthy.