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Tea Party’s Fisher Would Be MA Gov.

March 18, 2014 By massmarrier

Small business owner, erstwhile unemployed guy, and self-identified MA Tea Party Republican Mark Fisher wants to be governor here. He spoke with me today about his vision of what government should and should not be about. On his campaign … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2014-election, elections, governor, health-care, income-tax, ma-gop, Mark Fisher, marriage-equality, massachusetts, sales-tax, same-sex-marriage, taxes, tea-party, turnpike

Helping to fix our infrastructure problems: my Globe op-ed

July 12, 2012 By Steve

Dear BMG'ers, I hope you'll take a few minutes to read my op-ed that appears in today's Boston Globe. It highlights our infrastructure and transportation crisis and offers an approach that will not only fund long-overdue investments, but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: democrats, economy, infrastructure, ma-gov, massachusetts, mbcr, mbta, sales-tax, small-business, steve-grossman, transportation

ACTION ALERT: Tell Your Legislators to VOTE NO on the Sales Tax Holiday

July 25, 2011 By Harmony Blakeway

[Cross-posted from ONEMassachusetts.org] Last Friday, the Legislative Leadership decided to stage the annual summer debate around a sales tax holiday. The bill, filed by Senator Hart, will be heard by the The Joint Committee on Economic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget-priorities, massachusetts, revenue-policies, sales-tax, state-budget, taxes

Battle Lines: Massachusetts Taxes

June 19, 2009 By journalist-in-the-room

So, there's been a lot of outrage down here about some developments in the past couple of weeks. While the State Senate here was doing its debate on the budget, two crucial issues came up: freezing the corporate tax rate (excise) and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: income-tax, massachusetts, sales-tax, state-senate, taxes

Raise gas tax, not sales tax!!!

June 12, 2009 By dcsurfer

The revenue will pretty much come from the same people (us), but to the extent our share of the burden shifts, it would shift from people that don't drive much, and towards the people that drive too much.   And it would shift the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gas-tax, sales-tax

Preserving our commitment to education

April 29, 2009 By jason-lewis

You can read my views on ethics reform, here (PDF), on transportation reform here (PDF), and on pension reform here. But, even with comprehensive reforms and cost-savings, the impact of a FY10 budget without any new revenue would be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 31st-middlesex, education, jason-lewis, local-aid, sales-tax

Just so you know, the Mass House is broadcasting live again tonight, 4/28/09

April 28, 2009 By AmberPaw

Here is the link again:  http://masslegislature.tv/?l=h... Consolidated amendments are flying down the shute - so far no surprises, though.  I believe $200 million was added to local aid from the anticipated revenues from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: local-aid, revenue, sales-tax, tax-hike, taxation

Influence how the House spends sales tax revenues?

April 28, 2009 By judy-meredith

The sales tax amendment offered by Rep Sciortino earmarks only .385 of the revenues to transportation (estimate:$250 million) out of an estimated $8 or 9 hundred million. For the next 3 or 4 days (and nights) the House will debate which of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: house-budget, sales-tax

Chickens on the Hill Clucking About Taxes

April 27, 2009 By massmarrier

Cross-post note: This appears at Marry in Massachusetts. For one example, look at our collapsing bridge and road infrastructure. Had the legislature raised the revenue decades ago and a decade ago to fix them, the solutions were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deleo, deval-patrick, gas-tax, income-tax, massachusetts, sales-tax, taxes

Tax free weekend: Are you buying?

August 16, 2008 By Jasiu

In need of some Spackle, I visited my local hardware store this week, only to find a few workers out front assembling snow blowers for display. "You can't be putting those out already," I pleaded. "Tax free weekend, brother," one employee … [Read more...]

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#boston #cambridge #worcester #lowell #nyc #manchester #providence #portland #bospoli #mapoli

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Never underestimate the power of a group of small town women who want change. They could have brunch together and come up with a plan. 😉 #mapoli

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michaelbenezra Michael Benezra @michaelbenezra ·
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Having worked in the House, I am beyond grateful to have @RepPressley in Congress. She is deep in the work, an issue expert (@FSCDems), and advocate for financial equity. She is about the work. @Ward15B #mapoli

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Dorchester's Ward 15 Dems show up for our Congresswoman. Derek DaSilva, Ed Cook, Linda Barros, Sofia Barros, co-host Jim Milke, @RepPressley, @JohnsonForBos, co-host Shirley Jones, @CeferinaMurrell and @MichaelBenezra.

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ginachristo Gina Christo @ginachristo ·
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"What the public needs to see is a T that’s working' — not a governor who shares the pain of getting stuck in a slow zone."

I couldn't disagree more! #mapoli

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/massachusetts-playbook/2023/03/23/t-for-thee-but-not-for-me-00088471

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progressivemass Progressive Mass @progressivemass ·
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Exactly! Voters understand that our tax code has been regressive and that we need to be investing more in both education and transportation -- as well as other areas like affordable housing and environmental protection.

We shouldn't go backwards.

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Raise Up MA @RaiseUpMA

Voters were clear in November: Massachusetts supports a fairer tax code.

Giving big tax cuts to the wealthiest states takes us backwards from that goal.

Let your legislators know: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/rum-fy24-budget.

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jonathancohn Jonathan 'Boo and Vote' Cohn @jonathancohn ·
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The charitable deduction is such a shameless giveaway to the rich and takes the allocation of funds outside of the process of democratic deliberation. #mapoli

Progressive Mass @ProgressiveMass

We don't need more tax cuts for the rich. That's why we're proud to support legislation from @JamieEldridgeMA and @erika4rep to target the charitable deduction to those who aren't *already* getting such a benefit on their federal taxes.

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https://www.eagletribune.com/news/boston/charitable-donations-could-impact-millionaires-tax/article_e540cc5c-c8b7-11ed-b57c-9778fc3c7c2a.html

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