Eighty percent of Pennsylvanians cannot afford a newly built home. In a state historically defined by middle-class attainability, four out of every five households are now priced out of new homeownership.

Pennsylvania performs materially worse than the national average, where an astonishing 65% of households are priced out. These figures should force Pennsylvania policymakers to rethink what exactly the Commonwealth is selling to the next generation.

Pennsylvania spent six years watching energy investment flee the state — all because of the mere possibility of a carbon tax scheme. Now, Gov. Josh Shapiro wants to try something even more destructive, promising it’ll be different this time. However, Pennsylvanians struggling to afford their electricity bills should be skeptical.

It all began with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Back in October 2019, then-Gov. Tom Wolf issued an executive order to force Pennsylvania into RGGI, the multistate compact that imposes a carbon tax on all its members.