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04-20-2009, 01:32 PM | #1 | |
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Good and Bad Ideas from Massachusetts
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04-20-2009, 02:11 PM | #2 |
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Here's a simple yet effective idea they may have overlooked:
CUT ****ING SPENDING!!!!!!!!! |
04-20-2009, 03:11 PM | #3 |
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04-20-2009, 03:01 PM | #5 |
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I interviewed at a hospital in Boston last year....Thankfully I ended up somewhere else (not that Ohio is a tax haven).
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04-20-2009, 03:39 PM | #6 |
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I might as well link my checking acct right to the Mass DMV website.
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04-20-2009, 04:34 PM | #7 |
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Big government need big paychecks to keep it running. Once any social program, or office is created, it never goes away, and will always need funding. THe only way to pay for it is to increase the tax burden on the public. IF the coffers of the government are dwindling, look for ways to better spend your money. Alas, common sense and government are often exclusive. It would explain our current state of affairs.
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04-20-2009, 05:57 PM | #8 |
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there is a reason why they are called Mazzholes
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04-20-2009, 06:26 PM | #9 |
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if you live in mass, sorry for you! the govt. now will know everyone of your movements.......or just register all your vehicles at a brothers or relatives out of state.......$%^@ing govt.!!!!
im w/the guy 4 posts up delongdoug...... but i dont have to ever worry about that......id love to see West Virginia try to put these in all our 2nd Amendment loving rednecks trucks!!!! -mikey |
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04-20-2009, 06:22 PM | #13 |
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Gas taxes pay for road maintenance, if you can't afford to maintain roads you need to raise taxes. Seems pretty straight forward.
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the problem is that MA pays 10X per mile to maintain roads than NH. MA roads are better than NH, but not 10X better. The problem is most of the $$ gets siphoned away.
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04-20-2009, 07:19 PM | #15 |
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If they are going to do this, the public would probably be much more receptive to having mileage recorded at vehicle emissions testing time - not sure about other states but for the VEIP in MD every other year mileage is recorded. That seems like the much more reasonable and less invasive technique. Still, this is absolutely ridiculous, lawmakers need to stop trying to 'hide' tax hikes by breaking them up and spreading them around in 20 different places. If they want more tax revenue just hike up the taxes - be them income taxes or the gas tax - and get it over with already.
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^^The problem with recording miles at vehicle emissions testing time is that not all of my miles driven are in MA; a lot are in NH, VT ME, etc
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04-21-2009, 06:05 PM | #17 |
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Patriot's Day is weird; my last employer was headquartered in Boston yet we had the day off in Chicago. Sadly they (and my current employer) don't recognize Pulaski day, the local equivalent when city offices and schools shut.
MA has much better roads than Illinois, plus at least one cop at each construction area. I'm jealous of that kind of attention. It beats leaving 20 miles of lane closed off for an entire summer with no visible activity. |
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