As a member of the Executive Committee of PDM, I want to extend an invitation to BMGers to join us in soliciting expressions of support from Massachusetts businesses for the Governor's proposals. These Massachusetts-based businesses do not … [Read more...]
Morning quick hits
Son of vocally anti-war BU prof is killed in Iraq.That's a particularly exquisite agony: To know that train has been coming down the tracks for four years; to know the war was a mistake; to know that your son's heroism is being misused and … [Read more...]
Governor Patrick to cut corporate taxes(?)
As reported by the Boston Globe"We may well find we can reduce the overall corporate tax rate. That would be good news", Patrick said. But he quickly added: "I want to defer to the commission."I know this is in poor fashion but I do recall … [Read more...]
Hearing on “Municipalities” and a whole lot more – MONDAY!
The "hearing activity" is hot and heavy in the State House on Monday. I can't go. I have to work. But to see what is on for review, go to:http://www.mass.gov/...Heads of agencies will be testifying. Information that … [Read more...]
Lehigh boots it, even in praise
Scot Lehigh caps an otherwise effusive column about Patrick's biotech plan with this clunker:One key, the green team told me, was the golden glitter of a corporate tax enticingly low by European Union standards. In that light, DiMasi may … [Read more...]
Jehlen budget event, 5/1
Berger led off by demonstrating that the budget had still not recovered from the tax cuts of the 90's; that the local economy could not produce the tax revenues now that it did in the go-go (bubble) years of the 90's. In fact, we're still … [Read more...]
Widmer on the “importance” of the tax panel
Speaker DiMasi's star appointee to the corporate tax panel doesn't think too highly of his assigned task.The June 15 deadline is too soon, according to one member of panel, Michael Widmer, head of the business-backed Massachusetts Taxpayers … [Read more...]
Burning questions
The House just approved $170 million more in spending than the Governor, using Tom DeLay-like tactics in forcing members to vote on spending amendments in bulk, without enough time to review. State House News Service quotes one rep as … [Read more...]
Martin Feldstein and the Defense Budget
In an article in the March/April edition of Foreign Affairs, Feldstein, who is the George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard and a former Reagan administration economic advisor, argues that "a substantial increase in defense … [Read more...]
Hearing activity is picking up at the State House!
There are a vast number of bills subject to hearing next week - way too many for me to post about.If you go to http://www.mass.gov/... you will see there are pages of bills scheduled. Probably it is lobbyists who mostly pay attention … [Read more...]
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