Thanks for directing the discussion about the recurring MBTA funding crisis to the Big Pig -- corporate welfare. As I commented at that posting, we are losing far more than the $150 million in film tax credits to what Auditor Suzanne Bump … [Read more...]
How much taxpayer money goes to the corporations funding Patrick’s inauguration?
Well, Liberty Mutual was awarded $22.5 million in state tax credits last year (not to mention the $24 million property tax break from Boston... OK, I HAD to mention that too). I wonder if their $25k on the inauguration might be seen as a … [Read more...]
Corporate Welfare Watch: New Proposed Corporate Tax Breaks
From the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center: Facts At a Glance: New Corporate Tax Breaks Proposed in Economic Development Legislation July 6, 2010 Economic development legislation under consideration in the House contains proposals for … [Read more...]
Corporate Welfare Watch: Boston Scientific Redux
From today's Globe. Emphasis added: A state board that grants tax breaks to corporations is again withholding information about its awards before it votes on those requests, a move that critics contend leaves no time for the public to … [Read more...]
Deval: $200million more for developers
Gov. Deval Patrick is going to give away $200 million to developers this year, much of it for shopping malls and parking lots. The apparent motive is to please the construction unions. The cover is that it will not only "create jobs" … [Read more...]
Big Corporations trying to get a piece of the small business jobs bill.
Reid Spars With CEOs, Walks Out Of Meeting Corporate America descended on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning hoping to ride the small business gravy train that's been gaining steam. Instead, they caught an earful from Senate Majority Leader … [Read more...]
Deval, Fidelity, and corporate welfare
Everyone, including Deval Patrick, knows that these give-aways don't influence business decisions; he told me so himself, he said so in the newspapers. Even Ranch Kimball, who presided over the corporate feast under Romney, is quoted … [Read more...]