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Dropping film tax credit to expand EITC is both progressive & populist… why aren’t Dems on board?

March 12, 2015 By SamTracy 61 Comments

As Judy Meredith pointed out earlier this month, Governor Baker's proposal to kill the film tax credit and use the money to fund an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit is both a great idea, and would be very difficult to fight … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, charlie-baker, democrats, Earned Income Tax Credit, EITC, film tax credit, Governor Baker, ma-sen, massgop, taxes

Miraculously the Republicans Rediscover the Average American

February 1, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti 3 Comments

As if by magic, the Republican Party has rediscovered most of the rest of us. My neck is still stiff from the political whiplash I sustained when the Grand Old Party radically made its 180-degree course change back to the political middle. … [Read more...]

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