TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

Material submitted through the TCI Public Input form from April 2019-February 2021 is viewable here. View input submitted from March 1, 2021 forward here. All material submitted on this page informed the participating jurisdictions in the 2019-2020 TCI regional policy design process. Click on the column headings to sort the submissions.

Date	First	Last	Affiliation	City	State	Input	File
12/1/2019	Paul	Tacey	Taxpayer	Beverly	Massachusetts	Clean up the fraud and waste in the Massachusetts legislature before you come to steal more of my money. Massachusetts has a corruption problem in their government. I have taken steps to move out... read more Clean up the fraud and waste in the Massachusetts legislature before you come to steal more of my money. Massachusetts has a corruption problem in their government. I have taken steps to move out of this state.	-
12/1/2019	Paul	Kelley	None	Chelmsford	Massachusetts	Higher gas taxes increase cost of food. And all manufacturers goods This affects every one ! Cost increases on everyone and everything! Stop ✋This NOW Higher gas taxes increase cost of food. And all manufacturers goods This affects every one ! Cost increases on everyone and everything! Stop ✋This NOW	-
12/1/2019	John	Guilfoyle	Independant	Pepperell	Massachusetts	I am 100 % against this new “tax”. Maybe if the governor and the other pols paid for their own gas instead of having it supplied to them by the state or paid for from their campaigns with no cost... read more I am 100 % against this new “tax”. Maybe if the governor and the other pols paid for their own gas instead of having it supplied to them by the state or paid for from their campaigns with no cost to them out of pocket they would realize what a hardship this will cause to people.	-
12/1/2019	William	Hazeltine	Democrat	Sudbury	Massachusetts	Stop screwing over the middle class, enough already Stop screwing over the middle class, enough already	-
12/1/2019	Jacqueline	Boyd	Taxpayer	Revere	Massachusetts	Its shameful to add more taxes. To fatten up your pockets ... and screw the hard working citizens of this country.. how much more can we take? Yeah you did it in California..taxes taxes... read more Its shameful to add more taxes. To fatten up your pockets ... and screw the hard working citizens of this country.. how much more can we take? Yeah you did it in California..taxes taxes ... soon the new classes will only be the greedy rich. And the poverty stricken.. we will be slaves to working extra jobs to make ends meat... because. All our hard earned money goes to taxing...taxing. it doesnt just end here on this issue. California taxes has so many taxes it isnt funny. Take a stand people.	-
12/1/2019	Thomas	Chaput	MA Tax payer	Lexington	Massachusetts	So carbon, the element of all life on planet earth is going to destroy us unless I pay more in taxes? No. The state taking even more of my hard earned money will not effect the climate in any way... read more So carbon, the element of all life on planet earth is going to destroy us unless I pay more in taxes? No. The state taking even more of my hard earned money will not effect the climate in any way shape or form. I am 100% against this boondoggle	-
12/1/2019	James	Foresteire	None	Teaticket	Massachusetts	You have the audacity to try and pass another gas tax on us after we already told you No... No means NO!!!! You have the audacity to try and pass another gas tax on us after we already told you No... No means NO!!!!	-
12/1/2019	randall	faria	independant	boston	Massachusetts	All taxes need to come from legislature, so we can hold you greedy hacks accountable at the ballot box. It is not surprising a democrat run state would try to pull this unconstitutional heist, and... read more All taxes need to come from legislature, so we can hold you greedy hacks accountable at the ballot box. It is not surprising a democrat run state would try to pull this unconstitutional heist, and screw us taxpayers again. Do you people have no shame? WHEN will the people of this state wake up and end one party rule?	-
12/1/2019	Anne Marie	Allison	None	Needham	Massachusetts	Thank God for Howie Carr, for focusing a laser beam on the latest travesty emanating from the jackals in the legislature and the corner office. Once again a permanent gas tax is looming large on... read more Thank God for Howie Carr, for focusing a laser beam on the latest travesty emanating from the jackals in the legislature and the corner office. Once again a permanent gas tax is looming large on the horizon in the guise of “Climate Change” mitigation. Nothing like doing an end run, bypassing the legislative process a la Barack O’Bama. It’s bad enough we have a legislature that is 97% Moonbat, but we have RINO Charlie Baker who also serves at the altar of political correctness and climate change. Needless to say I expected as much from the legislature but am very disappointed with Governor Baker.	-
12/1/2019	Jack	Fusco	Mass Voter	MALDEN	Massachusetts	NO MORE TAXES. Or out you go ! ! ! NO MORE TAXES. Or out you go ! ! !	-
12/1/2019	Joe	Palmarozzo	Private citizen	Melrose	Massachusetts	It is illegal, immoral and unconstitutional. This is another tax to feed the bloated state government we have. Tell the Woke crowd and the millennials that not all people in their Utopia get to... read more It is illegal, immoral and unconstitutional. This is another tax to feed the bloated state government we have. Tell the Woke crowd and the millennials that not all people in their Utopia get to work by the T or bicycle. Some of us have to drive to work. No no no	-
12/1/2019	Thomas	FitzGerald	Citizen	Northampton	Massachusetts	To begin, I am appalled at the nefarious manner in which this insidious and outlandish scheme is being foisted upon the working people of the Commonwealth, and to express my absolute disgust at... read more To begin, I am appalled at the nefarious manner in which this insidious and outlandish scheme is being foisted upon the working people of the Commonwealth, and to express my absolute disgust at the charlatans who conceived it and are attempting to enact it by deceit and subterfuge. If such draconian measures are required to allieviate the purported "climate change" emergency, then let it be done at the national level, in the light of day. Rather than target the middle clas, perhaps instead you should add confiscatory taxes to luxury cars, first-class airplane seats, yachts, and luxury homes in Swampscott, Louisberg Square and Hyannisport.	-
12/1/2019	Christopher	Shevchuk	Private Citizen	Worcester	Massachusetts	I find it incredibly galling that Massachusetts Taxpayers made their will known when they rejected an automatic gas tax increase and instead the political class are trying to get it through... read more I find it incredibly galling that Massachusetts Taxpayers made their will known when they rejected an automatic gas tax increase and instead the political class are trying to get it through the back door.They have no respect or sympathy for people who work every day trying to pay the bills.	-
12/1/2019	Richard	Kilroy	Stakeholder	West Roxbury	Massachusetts	You’re not fooling anyone. This is a government “fee” that is going to be passed onto consumers so call it what it is, a TAX. You’re not fooling anyone. This is a government “fee” that is going to be passed onto consumers so call it what it is, a TAX.	-
12/1/2019	James	Fontes	Stakeholder	Fall River	Massachusetts	NO MORE HIDDEN GAS TAXES BY TALL DEVAL! "We voted against this already!!" read more NO MORE HIDDEN GAS TAXES BY TALL DEVAL! "We voted against this already!!"	-
12/1/2019	Brian	Curley	Citizen	Boston	Massachusetts	This is an ILLEGAL GAS TAX. The voters of Massachusetts rejected this concept in 2014. The proposed “fee” (tax) needs to go through the appropriate legislative process. In addition, funding of... read more This is an ILLEGAL GAS TAX. The voters of Massachusetts rejected this concept in 2014. The proposed “fee” (tax) needs to go through the appropriate legislative process. In addition, funding of these progressive initiatives should come from sources other than overburdened taxpayers. STOP.	-
12/2/2019	Lou	Bernasconi	Taxpayer	Hopedale	Massachusetts	Stop! No review, no debate, No vote, no legislative involvement...not a legal representative process. Stop! No review, no debate, No vote, no legislative involvement...not a legal representative process.	-
12/2/2019	Jayne	Severens	Tax payer	Ashburnham	Massachusetts	No taxation without representation! This RINO governor has taxed the middle class into poverty. No to this tax! No taxation without representation! This RINO governor has taxed the middle class into poverty. No to this tax!	-
12/2/2019	John	Mudrock	Tufts Medical Center Community Care	Lynnfield	Massachusetts	I am strongly opposed to this hidden gas tax that is AGAINST THE PEOPLE'S WILL AND VOTE. This tax bill is a work around as it should have originated in the State House of... read more I am strongly opposed to this hidden gas tax that is AGAINST THE PEOPLE'S WILL AND VOTE. This tax bill is a work around as it should have originated in the State House of Representatives and is being considered with ZERO INPUT from the voters or stakeholders. It is DICTATORIAL.	-
12/2/2019	Shane	O’connor	Taxpayer	Hanover	Massachusetts	If you want to raise my taxes, you need to put it on the ballot. Keep you hands out of my pockets. If you want to raise my taxes, you need to put it on the ballot. Keep you hands out of my pockets.	-

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