by Pat O’Reilly
When you get to print your own money, then what does debt really matter? That seems to have been the unspoken question of perennial deficit spending by the US Federal government over the last quarter century. It is a question that came up again with the plan to borrow another $150 Billion [...]
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Debt. It’s the payments, Stupid.
March 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Governor Deval Patrick proposes tax hike
January 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Deval Patrick has proposed the “Municipal Partnership Act” in order to allow City’s and Town’s to raise revenue from meals taxes and to impose property taxes on telecommunications equipment. Taxes which will be paid for by the customers of those businesses in order to balance Town budgets that as a result of the real [...]
Governor proposes new transporation authority
October 3rd, 2007 · No Comments
It is being reported that under Governor Deval Patrick’s proposal the new “Massachussetts Transportation Authority” or “MassTrans” for short would be put in charge of all of the State’s surface transportation spending. The quasi independent Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, along with MassHighway, the MBTA, the Tobin bridge and DCR controlled roadways and bridges would all [...]
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