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
1/12/2020	David	SCANLON	- None -	Beverly	Massachusetts	Enough taxes in Massachusetts already, cut some "fluff" jobs from the payrolls, eliminate a few pensions. In general get your house in order. Do your job and spare us retirees the... read more Enough taxes in Massachusetts already, cut some "fluff" jobs from the payrolls, eliminate a few pensions. In general get your house in order. Do your job and spare us retirees the hardship of mpre taxes. Do something, anything to find the money we keep pouring into the giant sieve called state government. Cut the pork out of your own budget as there is none left in mine.	-
1/12/2020	Jennifer	Hodgens	Woodard & Curran	Bangor	Maine	This is a very bad deal for Maine! The negligible positive impact that is delusionally believed to occur will NOT be worth the financial burden. This is a deal that other states have already... read more This is a very bad deal for Maine! The negligible positive impact that is delusionally believed to occur will NOT be worth the financial burden. This is a deal that other states have already recognized to be lousy and walked away from and Maine needs to do the same. This is worse than the decision to put solar panels on the Blaine House.	-
1/12/2020	Christine	Shibles	Republican	Hartland	Maine	I oppose this incentive tax! I oppose this incentive tax!	-
1/12/2020	William	Woods	resident of Maine	Ogunquit	Maine	Do not do this to the people of Maine, Gov. Mills. Do not do this to the people of Maine, Gov. Mills.	-
1/12/2020	Merritt	Moraski	Human Race	Chelsea	Massachusetts	Man made Climate Change is a hoax! It is a way for elitist Politicians to take working peoples money and to restrict their movements. There has been many periods in the earths history where it has... read more Man made Climate Change is a hoax! It is a way for elitist Politicians to take working peoples money and to restrict their movements. There has been many periods in the earths history where it has been a lot warmer than it is now. We can start with the Dinosaurs. Also Eric the red in the founding of Greenland had 2 settlements but one had to be abandoned because of the advancement of a glacier which over ran the settlement. Politicians are trying to make working people slaves.	-
1/12/2020	Chris	Tremblay	Independent	North Adams	Massachusetts	Could someone please explain how giving the Government more money is going to stop Climate Change. Id ask the dinosaurs but they don’t seem to be talking anymore. Could someone please explain how giving the Government more money is going to stop Climate Change. Id ask the dinosaurs but they don’t seem to be talking anymore.	-
1/11/2020	Chris	Imbriglio	Mr.	Dartmouth	Massachusetts	Everyone thought Columbus was nuts when he claimed the world was round. They told him he would fall off the edge of the earth. The world is flat. Co2 does not cause global warming. Proof? Watch... read more Everyone thought Columbus was nuts when he claimed the world was round. They told him he would fall off the edge of the earth. The world is flat. Co2 does not cause global warming. Proof? Watch the great global warming swindle on you tube. GAS TAX INCREASE WILL JUST BANKRUPT THE WORKING CLASS. I TRAVEL 120 MILES A DAY. BECAUSE I WORK. THIS GOES TOO FAR. PLEASE NOTE THE YOU TUBE VIDEO HAS 2 MIT PROFESSORS EXPLAINING HOW IT ISNT POSSIBLE. BASED ON SCIENCE. TAX IS NOT THE WAY.	-
1/11/2020	john	saia	Mass constituant	Medfield	Massachusetts	really, why don't you redistribute the taxes you've raped from the Mass population instead...how about cutting the pensions at UMASS...how about clawing back the pensions of those... read more really, why don't you redistribute the taxes you've raped from the Mass population instead...how about cutting the pensions at UMASS...how about clawing back the pensions of those troopers who stole from the state, or, maybe privatize the MBTA.........Gov Bake, you are sham.....no vote for you next time around...	-
1/11/2020	frank	delfino	former resident of Massachusetts	Conway	South Carolina	Moved out of Massachusetts in 2014, after having been born, raised and educated in the Bay State. It is disheartening to see the constant money grab by this governor, aided and abetted by a... read more Moved out of Massachusetts in 2014, after having been born, raised and educated in the Bay State. It is disheartening to see the constant money grab by this governor, aided and abetted by a Legislature who seems to care not a whit for the working people of Mass. This money grab of TCI is nothing more than financial insurance to keep the cadre of overpaid state politicos in place. It is only when you finally move away and look at Mass. from afar that you realize that your state government has been systematically breaking the working classes, and ALL classes with the constant siphoning of money to keep the politically connected in place. IT HAS TO END !! Governor Baker originally ran on a fiscally conservative platform but `has turned into a tax happy politician. Governor....YOUR CITIZENS CANNOT PAY ANYMORE !! So glad I moved to South , as I just could not afford to stay in Massachusetts !! KILL THE TCI !!	-
1/11/2020	Paul	Roberts	None	Clifton	Maine	As a citizen of the great state of Maine, I dont understand how increasing the outrageous tax on fuel is going to do ANYTHING to address climate change. I will admit my ignorance on what the... read more As a citizen of the great state of Maine, I dont understand how increasing the outrageous tax on fuel is going to do ANYTHING to address climate change. I will admit my ignorance on what the actual percentage of Maines, or New Englands, emissions actually contribute to climate change. Unless the money is going to fund a war to take over India and China, it is clearly just another over reach by the government. Please, as a voting and vocal citizen, I ask you (whomever actually reads any of this) to leave us alone. I understand it's the government business mind set, how do we increase revenues? Just tax the people MORE. It isn't going to make a difference in the climate, so why punish the people in one of the most carbon neutral, if not even a carbon sink, state. Thank you for your time, and please dont make it a partisan vote.	-
1/11/2020	Randy	Daigle	Independent	Salem	New Hampshire	I moved to the wonderful, tax free state of New Hampshire in 2011...Lived in taxachusetts for 53 years...payed my fair share in taxes to Massachusetts. Thankfully I was able to get out...will... read more I moved to the wonderful, tax free state of New Hampshire in 2011...Lived in taxachusetts for 53 years...payed my fair share in taxes to Massachusetts. Thankfully I was able to get out...will never move back and I do my best not to spend any of my retirement or 401k $$$ in Massachusetts. This proposal is nothing more than a money grab of the working class to support the non-working class who are able to work but choose not to.	-
1/11/2020	ANDREW	LAROCQUE	citizen	Swanton	Vermont	Please understand; I understand what the TCI wants to do and why. What I don't understand is why it has to be on the backs of rural people, like here in Vermont. We need our cars and pickup... read more Please understand; I understand what the TCI wants to do and why. What I don't understand is why it has to be on the backs of rural people, like here in Vermont. We need our cars and pickup trucks to grocery shop, go to work, do charitable work, basically live. We didn't ask for this to be this way, it was ordained for us by the greed of the automotive industry and the gasoline/fuel oil industry and now we are stuck with it. Granted there are more vehicles going "green" but we are not there yet. To just start with a carbon tax will not only hurt the peoples pocket book, but will eventually hurt the Vt economy too and will not help the environment one bit. NO CARBON TAX.	-
1/11/2020	DAVID	GUDAS	Republican	LEWISTON	Maine	NO TCI please! Maine doesn't need the increase in the Gas Tax for the Climate Change boondoggle of which so many in our Government have subscribed. Maine is in no position to make any changes... read more NO TCI please! Maine doesn't need the increase in the Gas Tax for the Climate Change boondoggle of which so many in our Government have subscribed. Maine is in no position to make any changes to the climate globally. Use your head. Take a ride through the State, look carefully at what properties are thriving. The only places thriving and well kept are Financial Institutions, Places of Worship, Medical Facilities and Colleges. Maine is a poor State. This will not help that situation.	-
1/11/2020	Ivan	Beaulieu	Pissed off Tax payer	Smithfield	Maine	What the hell is going on with the Demacrats in our government? Have they lost thier minds? Fix the problems we all ready have before you create new ones then you wouldn't have to raise taxes... read more What the hell is going on with the Demacrats in our government? Have they lost thier minds? Fix the problems we all ready have before you create new ones then you wouldn't have to raise taxes to pay for the ridiculous crap you come up with. You people are serious buisness failures i cant believe it. You couldn't have enough, youd just keep creating dept. Im sick of it. I will never vote Demacrat ever, and ive been schooling my children thier loosing faith in our government its so sad total bullsh*t	-
1/11/2020	Holly	Rideout	Citizen	Pittston	Maine	I can't not imagine you'd add another tax to the already over taxed Mainers! As you continue to invite more people that we can not afford! Enough is Enough! No New Taxes... read more I can't not imagine you'd add another tax to the already over taxed Mainers! As you continue to invite more people that we can not afford! Enough is Enough! No New Taxes remeber Janet Mills!	-
1/11/2020	David	Cahoon	Mr.	Wells	Maine	I do not support this new gas tax. It will in no way make a difference in the carbon foot print. All it will do is hurt the middle class working people of the State of Maine. All it will do is... read more I do not support this new gas tax. It will in no way make a difference in the carbon foot print. All it will do is hurt the middle class working people of the State of Maine. All it will do is drive the prices of other goods up higher than they already are. Maine is in the top 10 in the nation of states with the highest taxes. Is Janet shooting to be number 1???	-
1/11/2020	Scott	Judd	Taxpayer	Chesterfield	Massachusetts	Please do not burden working people with another expense that they can’t afford. If you want to make the cities cleaner stop giving tax breaks to corporations to move there. Too many people in... read more Please do not burden working people with another expense that they can’t afford. If you want to make the cities cleaner stop giving tax breaks to corporations to move there. Too many people in concentrated areas is the biggest cause of pollution on the planet. The more comfortable and easier that you make living in the city the bigger the problem gets.	-
1/11/2020	Claire	Rock	Independent	Island Falls	Maine	Higher taxes will burden the people of Maine. Jobs here in Maine are not with out transportation for a great many miles. Please think of the people of Maine. Higher taxes will burden the people of Maine. Jobs here in Maine are not with out transportation for a great many miles. Please think of the people of Maine.	-
1/11/2020	andre	beausoleil	none	sanford	Maine	I oppose the gas tax plan to make gasoline prices so high I will be forced to drive less and so that gasoline will “go away”. I oppose the new y. I’m not willing to pay new taxes at the pump. I... read more I oppose the gas tax plan to make gasoline prices so high I will be forced to drive less and so that gasoline will “go away”. I oppose the new y. I’m not willing to pay new taxes at the pump. I find it economically unsound and a detriment to all Maine residents. I do not think there will be a significant environmental benefit, possibly no benefit at all. I want to be free to choose the transportation mode that is best for my family and my community. Government should not try to control my behavior with mandates like the TCI gas tax. It is it regressive tax, Hurts the poor and has no effect on the rich and there’s a huge mistake. Additionally Maine is such a rural state this will hurt much more coupled with the fact there is a little public transportation anywhere.”	-
1/11/2020	Deborah	Hommer	Citizen	Dunn Loring	Virginia	When polled consistently the majority state that the amount of regulations and goals are not worth the cost When polled consistently the majority state that the amount of regulations and goals are not worth the cost	-

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