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Baker Delivers Another Blow to Massachusetts Businesses [OPINION]
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, not content with destroying thousands of businesses with his COVID-19 restrictions, is coming for the rest with a new regional gas tax in his quest to control the climate.
Baker has announced a Transportation and Climate Initiative with Rhode Island, Connecticut, and the District of Columbia to develop a cap-and-invest program. The goal is to reduce pollution from motor vehicles by raising new taxes to expand clean transit options and improve public health.
Baker had been in discussions for two years with the governors of a dozen East Coast states to form such a coalition, but in the end, only Rhode Island, Connecticut, and D.C. bought into the scam.