Massachusetts ranks dead last in affordability, and Beacon Hill’s answer is to worry about how many miles you drive so they can tax you for it.
That doesn’t solve the affordability crisis. It punishes working people.
Enough is enough. Let’s end the insanity this November.
Donate: https://t.co/wtvqZ7mKvO
Every reporter in Boston should be calling Warren’s office asking if she accepts responsibility for killing jobs. She’s acting as if she didn’t help cause this.
This is another example of what I mean when I say we need to elect leaders who put people before politics. We need people who don’t have an agenda.
Elizabeth Warren objected to JetBlue acquiring Spirit Airlines because doing so was “ON BRAND” for Elizabeth Warren. Not because it was the right thing to do. She got to have a few headlines about it. She bragged how she would stop the merger because she fights for consumers.
The truth: her policies and politics hurt consumers. Ed Markey is no different. Today, Warren acts as if she never stopped the merger. Worst yet, I doubt she even gets called out about it by the local media. The same thing happened with Amazon and iRobot. She cost jobs.
Good morning to everyone in Massachusetts trying to make sense of this so-called “utility relief.”
Here’s what they’re not saying clearly enough.
On your electric bill for February and March, 15% is being covered by the state. You don’t repay that on your utility bill. But State money is taxpayer money.
That 15% is coming from funds collected from all of us through taxes. So, while you won’t see it added back to your electric bill later, it's still public money being used to offset high energy costs.
The other portion? That’s deferred. You will pay that back over the following months, just without interest.
For your gas bills in February and March, the entire 10% is deferred by the utility. You'll repay it spread out from May through October 2026 (when usage is lower).
So, here’s the real breakdown:
Part of it is a temporary payment shift. Part of it is taxpayer-funded assistance.
None of it actually lowers the long-term cost of energy. And that’s the bigger issue.
If energy prices remain high, are we solving the problem or just moving the numbers around?
Massachusetts families don’t just need bills rearranged. We need the actual cost of living to come down.
Only a politician addicted to spending other people’s money could think lowering taxes and thus, giving you more of the money you earn in your pocket won’t help you pay your mortgage/rent, car, electricity, groceries, vacation, retirement, etc. Do they listen to themselves? 🤯