NH Sen. David 'Rising' Watters Proposes Regional Gas Tax Set by Unelected Commission - Granite Grok

NH Sen. David ‘Rising’ Watters Proposes Regional Gas Tax Set by Unelected Commission

TCI Gas Tax

Democrats love taxes. What they love more are taxes (or tax increases) upon which they don’t have to vote. The Regional Green House Gas Initiative is just such a scam. But it’s not the only game in town.

Related: NH Dept. of Environmental Services pushing for a new carbon tax on vehicle emissions

A week ago we asked the question, “Which Democrat Will Try to Make an Illegal Regional Transportation Tax Legal In NH?” Today, we have an answer. Senate Democrats announced a comprehensive publicity package on energy reform that will “tackle energy costs.”

Tackle them, beat them, and rob them to fund the government.

Plans Within Plans

The first of the five bullet points says something about lowering the cost of electricity because the rates are too damn high. They are, but Democrats did that. Their solution? To ensure “New Hampshire has the advocates, attorneys, and experts necessary to fight rate increases at the regional level that are allocated to New Hampshire families and businesses.”

What does that mean? Democrat activist enrichment mandates. But what we need are more people voting Democrats out of office. That’s the only true way to lower costs. Because everything in their “new” proposal after the BS about wanting to lower rates, will make energy costs in New Hampshire go up.

They want expansions of wind and solar along with Net Metering. That will make your electric rate go up. A lot. And that has always been the plan. Democrats want to use government force to drive up costs to reduce consumption.

Small business owners, families, and low-income folks hit hardest

These proposals will eat away at your disposable income depriving every sector of the economy of its potential benefits. All to reduce CO2 emissions, which, as we’ve repeatedly demonstrated, is nothing more than an excuse to redistribute your money through the government. CO2 can’t cause global warming. Even NASA agrees.

A plan that is so comprehensive it raises gas prices with a new regional tax set by unelected commissioners that still violates New Hampshire law. But they are hoping to change that.

New Hampshire State Senator David ‘Rising’ Waters (D- The Sky is Falling!) is reportedly the prime sponsor of legislation to raise gas taxes through the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI).

TCI is back in the news – without any mention of being it illegal for us to participate in any actual taxing or regulatory capacity – a taking that would come in the form of a motor fuel tax. A Gas tax hike. What Howie Carr calls a crisis of your having too much of your own money.

Like RGGI, the tax would be set by TCI and enforced regionally. The money would be laundered through the commission and distributed to states.

If the history (or RGGI) is any guide, most of that money will be redistributed to offset pre-meditated acts of late-night, last-minute budget-balancing.

The only emissions reductions will be those from declining growth caused by the corrosive nature of taxation. Put another way; New Hampshire Democrats are going to take money from your pocket and your employers. They will shrink the state economy to grow government (for no reason) and if that harms your lifestyle or your job future too bad.

And they want to do it in a way that prevents them from being held accountable when the tax goes up (and it will) or you from being able to replace the people raising the tax.

But don’t worry, they say they’ve got your back. They mean back pocket. The one they will empty to grow government.

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