Comments on: Is Massachusetts About to Take a Permanent Tax Holiday? http://www.bostonmagazine.com/boston_daily/2008/05/12/is-massachusetts-about-to-take-a-permanent-tax-holiday/ Just another www.bostonmagazine.com weblog Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:07:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 By: Harmony Blakeway /boston_daily/2008/05/12/is-massachusetts-about-to-take-a-permanent-tax-holiday/#comment-7483 Harmony Blakeway Mon, 12 May 2008 21:26:08 +0000 /boston_daily/2008/05/12/is-massachusetts-about-to-take-a-permanent-tax-holiday/#comment-7483 Clearly Amy is being a bit tongue-in-cheek, but due to tax cuts that have already been occurring over the past twenty years, some Mass residents are already seeing that chaos... Towns have already lost their libraries and have had to cut down on teachers, police officers, and fire fighters. We all need to take a long look at the types of communities we want, and how we want to pay for them. And while not everything in this state is absolutely perfect, I value the public structures that bring us clean water and air, public transportation, disease control, and public safety, and I am willing to fight for my right to pay for them. Clearly Amy is being a bit tongue-in-cheek, but due to tax cuts that have already been occurring over the past twenty years, some Mass residents are already seeing that chaos… Towns have already lost their libraries and have had to cut down on teachers, police officers, and fire fighters.

We all need to take a long look at the types of communities we want, and how we want to pay for them.

And while not everything in this state is absolutely perfect, I value the public structures that bring us clean water and air, public transportation, disease control, and public safety, and I am willing to fight for my right to pay for them.

]]> By: Brian Rosman /boston_daily/2008/05/12/is-massachusetts-about-to-take-a-permanent-tax-holiday/#comment-7480 Brian Rosman Mon, 12 May 2008 19:17:10 +0000 /boston_daily/2008/05/12/is-massachusetts-about-to-take-a-permanent-tax-holiday/#comment-7480 "Thousands of dollars you could have used for myriad other purposes disappear into the state coffers, never to be seen again." This is joke, too, right? Every day I see how state taxes are used to make our community a good place to live. Today my son went to public school, I walked by a crew fixing a street, I took the T to work, and I learned a friend got health coverage for the first time in years. This friend works hard for herself, but doesn't make enough to afford coverage. Before, she used to use emergency rooms, and we all paid for this expensive care in our premiums. Now she has full primary care, and she pays about a third of the premium. The state and federal governments split the other two-thirds. Everything has to be paid for, and we all benefit from our taxes going back to us, to help us all. “Thousands of dollars you could have used for myriad other purposes disappear into the state coffers, never to be seen again.”

This is joke, too, right? Every day I see how state taxes are used to make our community a good place to live. Today my son went to public school, I walked by a crew fixing a street, I took the T to work, and I learned a friend got health coverage for the first time in years.

This friend works hard for herself, but doesn’t make enough to afford coverage. Before, she used to use emergency rooms, and we all paid for this expensive care in our premiums. Now she has full primary care, and she pays about a third of the premium. The state and federal governments split the other two-thirds.

Everything has to be paid for, and we all benefit from our taxes going back to us, to help us all.

]]> By: Judy Meredith /boston_daily/2008/05/12/is-massachusetts-about-to-take-a-permanent-tax-holiday/#comment-7477 Judy Meredith Mon, 12 May 2008 19:07:40 +0000 /boston_daily/2008/05/12/is-massachusetts-about-to-take-a-permanent-tax-holiday/#comment-7477 I hope you're just kidding. there is no part of me that would like to watch the chaos that would ensue if your family income was reduced by 30%. I hope you’re just kidding. there is no part of me that would like to watch the chaos that would ensue if your family income was reduced by 30%.

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