Massachusetts has a problem. Well, a new problem. They desperately want to use a proposed regional theft scheme to jack up gas prices. In California, the same scam has driven gas over 4.00/gallon. But to get there, they can’t go it alone and New Hampshire buying in isn’t a given.
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The Transportation Climate Initiative is a regional scam. We’ve covered it. An unelected commission sets new tax rates for transportation fuel. Gas prices go up, the tax changes at the will of the commission you can’t vote out of office. The commission sends cash to greedy legislators. They spend it on things that matter to them, not you.
But for the theft to work, everyone needs to be on the lie. It is a problem that has Massachusetts concerned. Governor Scott in Vermont likes regional coalitions, but a new gas tax might be a bridge too far. Gov. Sununu, in New Hampshire, is “monitoring” the initiative … and is working to “gain an understanding of how it will impact the state, but has not yet committed to implementing the program.”
The legislature would need to change state law, and he would need to sign a bill for that to happen. A Bill has been introduced and Democrat majorities can get through the legislature like s**t through a goose, so the question is whether Republican tax fighter Chris Sununu would sign it or veto it?
He vetoed biofuel bailout bills because they would be detrimental to the state economy. It follows that this should be no different. Perhaps New Hampshire’s citizens can contact the governor to let them know that they are monitoring him and have a clear understanding of how it will impact the wallets of families and small business owners.
All of whom could benefit if other states in the region jacked up their gas prices in perpetuity while New Hampshire remained an island of sanity.
