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You've seen this image before, ONE Massachusetts uses it to illustrate how our Government funds and supports the important programs that keep our Commonwealth healthy and strong.
It's...
Mar 7, 2012
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The debate about the transparency of the legislative process on Beacon Hill continues. Lack of transparency was noted during this past year while the budget was being debated behind closed...
Dec 28, 2011
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Its time for a paradigm shift in the economic, fiscal and tax policies of our country. We can't cut our way out of the Recession...austerity didn't work for the English the first time and it's...
Dec 20, 2011
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Here's a picture of the diversity at Occupy Boston:
Half of the Occupy Boston protesters surveyed said they are unemployed, and two-thirds of the jobless said they have not had work for more than one...
Nov 25, 2011
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Have you wondered what some of the items in the state budget your tax dollars pay for? Look down at the sidewalks and the roads...look up at the traffic lights and traffic signs...read...
Nov 4, 2011
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There's somethin' happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear.... But I'm glad that folks are waking up to and speaking out against the economic injustice in this country.
Protests...
Oct 17, 2011
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Judy Meredith and Lew Finfer are pooling their collective organizing, advocacy, and leadership experiences to form the Massachusetts Policy and Organizing Leadership Training Academy. There's a...
Sep 8, 2011
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Civic engagement is definitely needed to get Congress back on track. As Abraham Lincoln said...It's government of the people, by the people, and for the people... Therefore, it is not for some...
Aug 31, 2011
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Sometimes it seems like the whole world is on vacation in late August, and even the developments in Libya or hurricanes headed for Haiti seem far away. Never mind discussions about tax reform....
Aug 22, 2011
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When faced with a potential $3 billion deficit in fiscal year 2003, the Massachusetts legislature took a balanced approach including approving a revenue package worth $1.1 billion. Our...
Aug 17, 2011
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A coalition of unions and liberal groups plans tomorrow to unveil a mobile billboard urging Senator Scott Brown to support higher taxes on the rich and on corporations to help solve the nation’s...
Aug 16, 2011
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Closing necessary firehouses and cutting local programs and services important for our communities should not happen in our state due to a lack of resources. It is time to take leadership and change...
Aug 10, 2011
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Great article talking about what taxes pay for which sometimes we might get as granted:
For example, a few miles from my house I can ramp onto Interstate Highway 35. To the south lie Austin and San...
Aug 10, 2011
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Former Senator Alan Simpson is interviewed about the federal credit rating downgrade by S&P, the debt ceiling debate and resulting legislation, and ongoing deficit reduction debates, which he...
Aug 9, 2011
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Good news for Massachusetts if our economy only relied on state finances. Unfortunately, the federal financial crisis affects us all.
Grossman says as a precaution, the state will stop...
Aug 9, 2011
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While reading an article from Mass Audobon about the most recent budget cuts in the environmental field I couldn’t stop thinking about what needs to get done for elected officials to understand that...
Aug 4, 2011
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The 2009 repeal of a state law that exempted telephone companies from paying property taxes on telephone poles and wires over public ways continues to reap financial rewards for cities and towns...
Aug 4, 2011
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The meals tax, a local revenue policy which has provided much relief to cities and towns in hard economic times:
As of June, 146 municipalities had adopted a local meals tax, which lawmakers approved...
Aug 1, 2011
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Very good piece in the Needham Times talking among other things about the need to seek our tax system as a way to support a civilized society.
To my mind, taxes are the necessary tools of good...
Aug 1, 2011
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Very good piece in the Needham Times talking among other things about the need to seek our tax system as a way to support a civilized society.
To my mind, taxes are the necessary tools of good...
Aug 1, 2011
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The added revenue from a modest increase in riders will not be enough to offset the T’s $161 million budget gap for next fiscal year, Richard Davey, the T’s general manager said.
“This is great...
Jul 28, 2011
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In this Op-Ed, Ed Moscovitch shows us that the myths we continue to be told are false- that taxes work against stimulating the economy and increasing jobs - don't bear out when we look at the...
Jul 27, 2011
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Massachusetts officials are drafting emergency plans to keep paying the state’s bills if the stalemate over the nation’s borrowing limit drags past an Aug. 2 deadline - including looking into whether...
Jul 27, 2011
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Top court officials told legislative leaders yesterday that they are seeking an additional $32 million in state funds to reduce the number of layoffs and courthouse closings needed this year as a...
Jul 27, 2011
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Yesterday, Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe released a list of more than 3,600 retail outlets that the Postal Service will consider closing at the end of a six-month review. During the six-month...
Jul 27, 2011
