The Gabrieli campaign has been working hard. The team has added a list of Massachusetts blogs to their online Action Center. Along with letters to the editor of local papers, they urge supporters to post and comment at: Blue Mass. Group, Beyond 495, DFA’s Blog for Boston, Smart Mass, Dumb Mass, Marry in Massachusetts, and Under the Golden Dome.
They have also released two new commercials. The first, focusing on the CA/Tastrophe, calls for us to, “strengthen our whistle-blower laws to encourage people to come forward and report abuses and to prevent Big Dig-like cost overruns;” “end political patronage in appointments to state boards and commissions;” and “conduct a top-to-bottom review of every major state program so you know where your tax dollars are going.”
The second, on education, calls for laws to, “make contributions to Section 529 State College Savings Plans tax deductible at the state level to encourage parents to start saving early for college;” and to “make it easier for high school seniors to take college level courses to advance their education and help them save money on tuition.”
Fine ideas all.
Funny how the gabrieli lists blogs that are pro Deval…
I guess I don’t rate, eh?
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Nor does Andy at MRN. But Susan gets targeted (ug, she’ll be THRILLED). Andy and I will have to mercilessly never let her forget it. Hehe.
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My life just got far more amusing.
People are starting to realize that Susan’s blog is clearly the be all and end all of blogs (no offense BMG). I have always said I wasn’t in Susan’s stratosphere.
You would think that such a massive property owner in an urban area would get a nod. Plus he gets mentioned in the Globe and has been linked to on the Globe blog a few times. sco how do you feel? Do you need a hug from the man responsible for the cranes.
Oh, the mileage from this…
It’s not gut busting funny like, “I’m for Cox!” But still, amusing.
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It’s more amusing in the way of not signing up for Gabrieli’s e-mail list, and still getting it anyway. It’s consistent I guess.
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Like Andy and Lynne need more to give me shit about. đŸ˜›
Oh, never mind, I forgot. There aren’t any.
I’m amused that the chatter here is fixated on the first paragraph of the post and totally ignores the other two more substantive paragraphs, as if the other campaigns aren’t asking their supporters to post on blogs.
You used “substantive” to describe two paragraphs of platitudes — I would call that Freudian snark.
Because every comment on every thread should address every thing mentioned in the post.
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Look, dude, we’re having freaking fun, lighten up a bit. We bloggers who didn’t rate found it amusing. Is that a crime?
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I am so sick of my sense of humor being maligned lately. Maybe I’m being a bit reactive but I wish people would get a life sometimes.
I have never ever seen anything from anyone on the Patrick campaign asking anyone to shill for them on blogs.
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Doesn’t mean we don’t, but we do it because we’re passionate and don’t need to be asked to talk about our candidate.
About time a Dem came up with a good tax idea.
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Here’s a useful link. It shows the various plans available by state.
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A common tax planning technique, for folks in those states that allow 529 plan deductions, is to pay into the Plan shortly before the tuition payment is due, then pay the amount out of the plan on the due date.
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Presto! Even though you didn’t start saving for college into a 529 early, you get tax deduction simply by causing the payment to come from the Plan rather than directly from your checkbook. YMMV.
…so you like the plan, not because working stiffs can save over a period of several years for their kids college tuition and get a tax deduction. You like it because some rich guy, making $300,000 a year, can write a $40,000 check and get an instant tax deduction.
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Thanks for pointing that out. I hope the plan caps the tax right off to $10,000 a year.
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Gary, your reaction to this makes me think you like the plan because it’s a way to not pay taxes, as oppose to a GOVERNMENT solution to paying for college tuition? Am I right?
Taxes are my life, or at least livelihood. I’d be remiss to fail to point out the maximum tax advantage.
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The two aren’t mutually exclusive. Any tax benefit is good, ’cause it leaves the taxpayer with kids in college more money to pay for … Tuition!
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But, just to be contrary, I’ll withdraw my support for the 529 State plan deduction. Mass Politicians shouldn’t be tinkering with the State Tax Code. The taxing power of government should be used to raise revenue and not to regulate the economy or bring about social change. It’s too complicated for them.
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State politicians are so full of themselves: tinkering with tax policy and thinking someone notices. The nuance of rent deduction, circuit breaker, foreign credits, Qualified Manufacturers… it’s maddening for professionals, and insignificant to most taxpayers.