Here is 1,000 words or so on the subject from the Environmental Law Institute "Estimating U.S. Government Subsidies to Energy Sources: 2002-2008." (Released September 2009. Hat tip, The Big Picture). Almost half the subsidies for … [Read more...]
Archives for July 15, 2010
Baker’s Budget Bunk!
I know its all been said before and that I am preaching to the choir, but Charlie Baker's latest criticism of Governor Patrick's fiscal management is so painfully ridiculous I decided to preach anyway. In the Globe article on Baker's … [Read more...]
What next for Congress – for BOTH Sen. Kerry and Sen. Brown to (I hope) support
Here is a non-exhaustive but personal wish list for what I think would revive the economy and enhance economic recovery: 1. Restoring emergency unemployment extensions; they don't buy, we self employed types don't eat. Wonderful … [Read more...]
Galvin announces 2010 ballot questions
Here they are: 1. Repeal the alcohol sales tax? 2. Repeal Chapter 40B? 3. Cut the state sales tax from 6.25% to 3%? Pretty simple. No, no, no. … [Read more...]
WGBH-FM: Dead air
For the third time this week, I got in the car and the radio (tuned to WGBH-FM 89.7) was singing a song of signal-free static. The two earlier static spectaculars came between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. Today's 100% content free experience came … [Read more...]
Brown takes BMG’s advice and votes “yes” on Wall Street reform
He said he'd vote yes, and today he did it. The vote by the Senate was 60 to 39, with three Republicans from the Northeast [including Scott Brown] joining with the Democrats in voting to advance the legislation. Among the bill's many … [Read more...]
MA taxation levels remain well below the national average
Baker Campaign Accused Administration of Revising Job Numbers to Show Gain?
The Herald reported the good news of the unemployment rate drop and job gains within Massachusetts. But one statement that struck me in the article was this by the Baker campaign (emphasis mine): "Today's jobs numbers are another … [Read more...]
New video of gun owners endorsing one gun a month
View a new video with Mass. gun owners championing the Governor's one-gun-a-month policy. See the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... It's a groundbreaking, important step toward moving the debate beyond the extreme, … [Read more...]
Our changing economy: Quincy’s Fore River Shipyard now Shipbuilding Museum
The Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities reminds readers that yesterday in 1959: [T]he nation's first nuclear-powered cruiser was launched from Fore River Shipyard in Quincy. With its deep and sheltered harbor, Quincy was an ideal … [Read more...]