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We've just spent the last year and a half battling Charlie Baker's ridiculous COVID mandates. Now we have to fight to keep Baker from raising the gas tax.

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Taking from the poor to boost the rich is a Grinch-like move by Governor Charlie Baker.

It's not the time to be increasing the burden on business and consumers for some mythical quest to lower the oceans. Balance the budget. That would impress me.

At 5 to 9 cents, the estimated increase in fuel costs for drivers falls below the high-end forecast of 17 cents per gallon that TCI states gave last year.

It's getting to be a racket.

As usual, the way forward appears to be to tax, borrow and spend without a whole lot of discussion about savings or cost reductions for taxpayers.

This whole thing was a lame brain idea from the start.

Higher taxes create fewer opportunities and discourage business development, and that means fewer jobs.

The TCI and a gas tax are like peas in a pod.