Carbon tax plan calls for broad redistribution of $$$

STATE HOUSE — Sen. Michael Barrett joined environmentalists and economists in calling for a substantial gas tax increase Tuesday, calling it a "user fee on pollution" and promoting rebates and payouts that would be delivered to all residents. The proposal, backed by nearly four dozen House and Senate Democrats, would put a financial burden on those who use the most heat and hot water or burn the most gasoline, as the price of those fuels would have a charge added, and the state would then attem

STATE HOUSE — Sen. Michael Barrett joined environmentalists and economists in calling for a substantial gas tax increase Tuesday, calling it a "user fee on pollution" and promoting rebates and payouts that would be delivered to all residents. The proposal, backed by nearly four dozen House and Senate Democrats, would put a financial burden on those who use the most heat and hot water or burn the most gasoline, as the price of those fuels would have a charge added, and the state would then attem…