So what will it cost? Tell us on here on a open forum what will it cost a middle class customer?what bill puts money in my pocket? Tell me a bill that gives back or decrease taxes or something that will be less regulated. More freedom to spend our money we earn the way we choose. What will it cost a homeowner? If not 1200 and how much CO2 will it reduce in what time frame? We are the second highest tax state next to Hawaii and one of the lowest CO2 per capita. So what is what you are doing helping and by how much other them to give handouts. To someone who doesn’t qualify for handouts what money is going in their pockets. I can’t get that answer in dollars but you attack the governor the people voted in for a false figure. Then you tell us a dollar figure?

Kudos to you both for being available. Having you listen and explain matters affecting our State is important and appreciated.

Thank you for being available to discuss the issues ! We appreciate it!

Have been waiting for an op Ed. Have I missed it? Question. Yes or no. Is this just a study? Hope our reps start listening to the gov rep Gov who also got voted in when he vetoed this based on people from this state feedback. Watch Andrew M from GNAT he can’t answer the question with Don keelan about the moral side. The moral side is we don’t see the child labor for the electric cars. Still should be on a ballot if you believe in it that should not be a problem.

I started reading this. So now the power of every town is or can be overruled such as parking. Kathleen why is state government now getting involved in town governments. Our government was founded on from a bottom up approach. What’s the point of local govt if the state determines their town bi laws and what is the point of a state if the federal govt tells states what to do. This is not the intention of the founding fathers or the constitution. Once again a development can’t be stopped being built f do to parking. They could be a huge issue that the town probably knows more than the state. Such as our own town. Then the state steps in and allows it. Say Dep. then the residents are restricted to how many cars. Things like this don’t work. Once again VTere voted in a rep gov which indicated a more conservative value and the house and the senate don’t seem to care about that. What the people want. Less govt in everything.

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Will you be at this to hear alternative views. I have heard he is really a very good knowledgeable speaker. The good thing about a diversified govt is hearing all sides I’d it’s only one side you never get objective views or you may miss out on things not thought of. Recommend reps attending.

Heres where if you can't be transparent on here i take issue. If one believes in somthing and its transparent this is the perfect place to back what you believe. in open forum. WHen more than 1/2 the people of VT either are opposed or concerned and the Voted in Rep Gove Vetos it and the majority senate/house of montpelier still decide to push this thru it is no longer about what the people of the state want but govert overreach pushing an agenda on the people without their consent. Put this out for vote on ballot if you are all so sure VTers want it. Even some dem have had concerns. Dick Sears voted for it but has concerns. That tells me that someone is voting about a political party and not about the people. THis should concern everyone. Big government is not what VT is about otherwise or we a free state or free country. more and more VT is putting its hands inj every corner of life in VT. Do we want a dictatorship told what we will do because a group of people being lobbied by people with an agenda for power or money? Just please tell me one benenfit of this for the people of VT. The people, taxpayers of VT.

Sad it says my comments may have been filtered out? Guess it didn’t like my view. If there is a study that is going to happen then as the gov said nothing will start to be implement until the study is done and all the costs can be told but what is starting in July. Is it true that the state loses money federal funding if it doesn’t reach goals. Fed gov goals. Not goals we the taxpayer vote on. Isn’t this a case if you don’t do this you don’t get that. Maybe we shouldn’t count on the federal gov so they can’t tell us what to do. Less govt would mean more money in everyone’s pocket. It’s doesn’t seem like a free control with the gov in everything. Childcare. In heating. Everything. Seems like govt control and we are considered a welfare state. These are not things to be proud of. Come here we give give give. Middle class pays. Rich are rich. You will have rich and ooor and no middle class. Seems like things we don’t like about other countries.

Keep govt hands out of private business. Free market capitalism and competition lowers the cost for everyone. Unrealistic regulations against unreliable energy sources is headed to a disaster. What happen when there is a huge power outage. Jordan Peterson says the best way to pull people out of poverty is inexpensive energy The best way for that is free markets without the govt hand in it. Until proven reliable renewable energy is a joke and without govt substitutes it would not exist. Except for very small scale they do not work at this time. Why are we not investing in nuclear power. It is the cleanest safest energy there is for the earth. Typed by tc but words from KC.

Things seemed to be forced these days. You have not choice. No wood no oil no gas. It’s this or nothing. Doesn’t seem right. And incentives to do so use to exist now it’s penalties. You don’t get this. Seems like we are going in a way wrong direction. It’s like with electric cars. No body wants to talk about where and how the batteries come from. It just feels good once it gets here and that other stuff doesn’t matter. For everything there is an environmental effect. People should Have options not forced or else.

Thanks for spending the time to explain the workings of this bill, and for adding the check back language. It will be interesting to see what the studies show,

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