Speaking up for the little guy/gal. Insisting on fairness for said members of our Commonwealth. Policies that relect those values. Creating a state that works better for all of us. (Well, maybe not "better" in the minds of those … [Read more...]
What Are Mandatory Health Care Plans?
What Are Mandatory Health Care Plans?by DrSteveBThu Feb 22, 2007 at 04:14:11 AM PSTWe have reached the point where almost everybody is in favor of "universal health insurance." The problem is, as they say, in those pesky details. Why … [Read more...]
Wanna’ save the state a lotta bucks?
Major cost control is NOT what Charley may have been well-intended about when he linked to a purported healthcare "Cost-cutting" legislative agenda in a recent post; limited cost-control in itself isn't bad, but when it tries to pass itself … [Read more...]
Governor’s 2008 budget forces toughest choices on most vulnerable
Nowhere in the DMR budget is the exercise as bleak and stark as the beleaguered Turning-22 program, which will face an actual cut next year of $3 million--a 35 percent reduction from the program's $8.5 million in funding in the current … [Read more...]
Boston Chamber of Commerce’s “Fact Sheet” is factually challenged
Our friends at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce have issued, as part of their ongoing war on a fair tax code, a "fact sheet" that allegedly documents how tough things are for businesses here in MA.Problem is, it's full of … [Read more...]
Budget Hole – in access to justice – with remedy
As a practical matter, line item 0321-1510 is always underfunded. Many are. It may be that there is a hope that "there will be more tax revenue later" or that "we won't need to pay these folks, we will need fewer hours service … [Read more...]
Whiners
Waaaah! Business taxes are already too high, and now the mean Governor wants to make them higher!The inconvenient truth: Massachusetts business taxes are ranked no higher than 40th in the nation under a variety of widely-accepted … [Read more...]
First Budget Hearing – staking claim through cautious cooperation
Did anyone go the first Budget Hearing today? From what I could read from news reports it seemed to go pretty good. Secretary Kirwin was the first to testify (for three hours!!) followed by the Constitutional Officers.The two chairs seemed … [Read more...]
Politics? Patrick knows what he’s doing.
Jon Keller may not realize it, but he did Deval Patrick a big favor in his report last night. Yeah, the business folks Patrick talked to yesterday are pretty cool to the idea that some beloved tax loopholes might be closed, to say the … [Read more...]
Excellent Globe editorial today on the budget
The Globe must be an interesting place to work these days. On the one hand, we get front-pagers like this, chock-full of dire quotes from Michael Widmer about how the whole thing is based on "one-time fixes," and from silly … [Read more...]
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