As noted in today's Globe article on Palin's economic record:The oil companies pay a royalty [to the state of Alaska] of 12.5 percent on oil as it is extracted, plus property and corporate income taxes, but the biggest bite is a tax on net … [Read more...]
No Tolls, No MTA
Cross-post: This appears at Marry in Massachusetts.Here we are worse. The semi-autonomous authority has backed itself into a cave with no way out. Its mythic justification for existence is providing revenue for road maintenance and … [Read more...]
Wasting taxpayer dollars- or how I came to understand Barbara Anderson’s existence.
A few years back a brand new, very lovely lodge and large garage were built at the Saugus entrance to Breakheart Reservation.. Since then a small building boom has taken place at the entrance. In addition to the lodge, a maple … [Read more...]
Libertarians Rejoice: “The Boston Tax Party” in today’s WSJ
There is a link to the article at the bottom: Boston Tax Party August 5, 2008 Massachusetts is about the last place one would expect a tax revolt, but that's what's brewing in Beantown. The state board of elections recently certified that … [Read more...]
Digging Into Cahill’s School Cost Plan
If a town wants to add a pool, or a field house, or a hockey rink, or have a gigantic, beautiful theater that goes above and beyond the standard state plan - they shouldn't be prevented from doing so. All of those things, in the end, … [Read more...]
$373K for the McCains
$373,000. Remember it. Repeat it. Often. It's the amount the McCain family stands to save if McCain's tax plan is passed. From Ezra Klein. As Ezra notes, this is the kind of sacrifice that the McCains are prepared to ask from the nation's … [Read more...]
Taxing and Inefficiency
So check this out: http://www.enterprisenews.com/... It is amazing to me that our state and city governments continue to run inefficient and low-quality programs all in the name of "local control." By ensuring that every city or town has … [Read more...]
Still a closed door to the people’s House
Matt Viser's got a must-read story in today's Globe about how that $200 million tax giveaway (oh no, I don't dare call it a loophole) got put into the close-the-loopholes bill in the House.Community activist Carl Nilsson … [Read more...]
Oh, THAT loophole!
Well, well, well, how that THAT get in here? Looks like there was an amendment in the House's loophole-closing tax bill that, well, blasts another enormous loophole open -- for companies that keep their business overseas. The provision … [Read more...]
Tax Day in the Creative Economy
A message in honor of Tax Day from Cecil B. DeMillion Enterprises. Dear Massachusetts Taxpayer: A year ago I was a sad sack just like you, cutting a check to the Department of Revenue. Then I learned about the Massachusetts Film Tax … [Read more...]
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