Well, almost everyone:
"State to aid Fenway Center project" by Casey Ross, Globe Staff | October 16, 2009
Governor Deval Patrick’s administration has agreed to absorb up to $65 million in costs to expedite construction of a $500 million complex of residences, stores, and offices near Fenway Park....
The Patrick administration has agreed to foot part of the bill for a particularly expensive component of the plan: building over the Massachusetts Turnpike. The state will give Rosenthal a rent credit of up to $65 million to compensate for the extra cost of building over the turnpike....
Gee, WHAT COULD YOUR TOWN have done with $65 MILLION, Bay-Stater?
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Massachusetts' Business Tax Increase Was a Corporate Tax CutOh, BUSINESS got a CUT, huh?
Seems like there is an AWFUL LOT of TAX LOOT OUT THERE -- and YOU AREN'T SEEING ANY of YOUR MONEY, Bay Stater!!!!
"Patrick warns of 2,000 job cuts; He asks unions for concessions" by Andrea Estes, Globe Staff | October 16, 2009
As many as 2,000 state jobs could be eliminated, Governor Deval Patrick warned yesterday, unless unions agree to concessions necessary to help close an estimated $600 million budget shortfall that could trigger spending cuts throughout state government.
Yeah, NEVER MIND all those CORPORATIONS and BANKS LOOTING US DRY! It is the UNIONS that gotta GIVE BACK!
Executive branch managers will be asked to take an unpaid furlough of up to nine days, Patrick said, and the administration will look at other potential money-savers, including consolidating state agencies, farming out some public programs to private agencies, selling surplus state property, and making other service and program cuts.
“Painful as it is, we have to adjust,’’ said Patrick.
And YOU KNOW WHO DOES NOT, readers!!!
Btw, guv, WHO IS "WE?"
Besides layoffs and furloughs, employees could feel the brunt of the budget crisis in other ways. The head of the state’s Group Insurance Commission, which oversees employee health benefits, said yesterday the agency will consider raising copayments for doctor’s visits, deductibles, or premiums.
After they GAVE UP PAY RAISES?
“A person would have to be naive not to realize we all have to take a look at our budgets and see what we might have to do,’’ said Dolores Mitchell, the commission’s executive director, who sent a letter to the commissioners this week detailing possible changes. “When the Commonwealth is facing this kind of budget crunch, everything is on the table.’’
Well, ALMOST EVERYTHING!!
Related: Blood All Over Massachusetts State Budget
So, you GOING to LOOK at the BILLIONS BORROWED to give to LOSER BIOTECHS?
The MILLIONS of TAX LOOT GIVEN to PROFITABLE HOLLYWOOD?
The OVERPAID STATE EXECUTIVES and the LEGISLATIVE SLUSH FUNDS?
Yeah, I THOUGHT NOT!!!!!
The disappointing revenues, despite recent tax increases
(That shows the PRO-TAX, PRO-STATE BIAS of the Boston Globe! Ever think it could be BECAUSE OF and not "despite," dick?)
and a generally improving economy
(and if they SAY IT ENOUGH and CLICK THEIR HEELS it will be TRUE! Of course, the ECONOMY is GOOD for the LOOTERS they serve)
,could hurt Patrick as he heads into next year’s reelection campaign.
PFFFFFTTTTT!!!
WHO GIVES a FUCK about POLITICS, you assholes?
Besides, THIS SHITTER is DONE because MASS VOTERS are in a VERY FOUL, VERY ANTI-INCUMBENT MOOD!!!
State officials acknowledged that the budget woes could grow when it comes to formulating the budget for the next fiscal year, because there will be no federal stimulus money to help fill any gaps....
And PLUGGING BUDGET DEFICITS is NOT STIMULUS!
You were ROBBED AGAIN, America!!!!
