"Solving the transportation crisis" by Salvatore F. DiMasi | December 16, 2008
.... clean energy, global warming, and land protection....
Before we raise any taxes or tolls, we must act on deep and meaningful reform. We cannot ask more from people without showing them we are serious about meaningful change....
Is this the same guy who said paying $13 million for a computer software system that could have cost less than $3 million is all right because the winner was a close friend of his and thinks the state should do the upkeep on golf courses?
I mean, it's okay to be "flushing . . . millions of dollars away supporting a highly profitable industry" when it comes to $300 million in taxpayer dollars for Hollywood is o.k., even as the price of a school lunch rises; the lottery shelling out "millions of dollars" for sports tickets for "lottery officials, their family members, and friends" is fine, even as schools are closing; making interest payments to banks to the tune of "a staggering $22 billion" for the Big Pit, as we call it around here, is required, even as bridges are neglected across the state; and again, paying off banks like UBS, who can "demand repayment of an additional $2 million a month beginning in January" while also receiving a "$179 million payment," while the state pension fund loses $1 billion dollars -- which still didn't stop the executive director from carving himself a nice "$64,000 bonus on top of his $322,000 annual salary."
Oh, and did I not mention the $1 BILLION dollar giveaway to the pharmaceutical corporations, even though "it's never been easy to turn a profit in biotech?" Flush that money away, too, taxpayer. Of course, the war looters were next in line for a handout.
Nor is it RECKLESS to BORROW the STATE INTO OBLIVION so they can PAY INTEREST to BANKS while SITTING ON $2 BILLION DOLLARS!
Need one final insult, Mass. taxpayers?
"Town officials... are trying to decide how much of a property tax break to offer and how they can secure state funding for infrastructure improvements.... although it could take several years for the studio to realize its potential"
Also see: Hollywood, Massachusetts
Hollywood (East) Disses Veterans
More Mass. $$$ to Movie Makers
Sorry, that wasn't it:
"$5m in tax breaks going to IBM for Littleton project
The Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coordinating Council approved $5 million in state and local tax breaks for IBM Corp., which recently began a $63 million expansion in Littleton. IBM vice president Bob McDonald said the company plans to create 42 jobs at the site over the next decade. McDonald said the computer giant, based in Armonk, N.Y., has already begun renovating a building and hopes to move into it next month. McDonald said the tax incentives were important, but the company would have gone forward with the expansion without them. IBM has 4,000 employees in Massachusetts, including about 2,000 in Littleton (Boston Globe October 30 2008)."
Yup, but we are SERIOUS about real change, this slimy SOB says!!!
Additional revenue will be needed and everything should be on the table. A gas tax is a better option than a huge toll increase. It is a much fairer and more equitable way to address revenue needs....
Yeah, except for the THOUSANDS of people OUT HERE in my part of the state that NEVER WANTED ANYTHING to do with that LOOTING MONSTROSITY!! Why should I PAY so YOU can drive in the Big Pit?
it represents a tremendous opportunity.
Yeah, to get into taxpayers' pockets again!
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Oh, yeah. Look who has a PRIME PARKING SPOT on the CHEAP!
Are you as OFFENDED as I AM at this SCUMBAGS SHIT-SHOVEL?
