TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

I live in Mass for 45 years and I yet find any cause for anymore tax hike, Im a simple man working hard just to provide for my 4 kids and 5 grandchildren. And that was a job in itself, now its my turn to slow down and just work one job and the governor wants to tax me more its absurd half of young adult in this state don't work or can't work so its up to my generation to put into to city, state and federal tax and now you want more taxes very unfair. Never in my life have I worked in a job that pays me more than 42,000 a year how do you propose I live with this income and ontop of more taxes. Find another way.

Re Massachusetts:
The legislature should be the one to vote on this measure, not the governor. We are not paying the governor to make approve bills unilaterally. We pay the legislature for this function, so they can be held accountable.

Under No circumstances will you raise the gas tax. Especially for a fashionable climate initiative. Quite frankly, I think this is just a rouse to finance the billions being spent on the MBTA.
You should be ashamed of yourselves.

I wish to make known my opinion that the TCI Initiative is a mere end run around established law to gain what amounts to another tax,which has already been refused by the voters.And takes control of said tax away from the voters,you may not have my permission to remove my given rights.

Any increase in fuel prices would be disastrous to the Massachusetts commercial fishing fleet. The earth has increased in temperature 0.8 degrees Celsius since the 1800s. Charging working families more for fuel will do nothing to change the earth's temperature, but will take money away from our families and lower our standard of living.

I strongly oppose this new tax; and more so the means/scheme by which it is being attempted to be implemented. This matter warrants higher visibility for all taxpayers to consider.

This proposed policy for low-carbon transportation is a blatant effort to disguise a gas tax increase. It’s a very deceitful attempt by TCI to institute a carbon tax without a vote by our lawmakers. As I understand it they plan to carry out their policy design through a “cap-and trade” system for motor fuel carbon emissions, more honestly referred to as a gas tax. Some in the Massachusetts government prefer to think of TCI as a regulation and not a tax, thus not requiring legislative approval. Call it what you will - we will all be paying more for gas just to support more wasteful and inefficient government spending.

To implement this policy without the support of the elected representatives of my state government is grossly irresponsible. If and when my elected representatives have the opportunity to consider and vote on it, I want the opportunity to hold them accountable for this tax. I consider the intent of this initiative to be fundamentally flawed and the likelihood of government spending to have any meaningful effect to be highly unlikely.