Massachusetts Carbon Tax Supporters Should Stop Acting Like Europeans, Opponents Say

Pro-tax planners are acting more like Eurocrats than Americans in their attempt to push a regional tax on carbon through the Transportation and Climate Initiative, opponents of the measure said Wednesday. "TCI is a carbon tax implemented through a gas tax. It's regressive toward the working class. It acts like a sin tax, punishing ordinary people for doing a task the government believes is wrong by artificially increasing the cost. It's bad economics and morally wrong," said Paul D. Craney, spo

Pro-tax planners are acting more like Eurocrats than Americans in their attempt to push a regional tax on carbon through the Transportation and Climate Initiative, opponents of the measure said Wednesday. "TCI is a carbon tax implemented through a gas tax. It's regressive toward the working class. It acts like a sin tax, punishing ordinary people for doing a task the government believes is wrong by artificially increasing the cost. It's bad economics and morally wrong," said Paul D. Craney, spo…