Taxes

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• • After school care (2)
  • Will Brownsberger
  • September 18th, 2017
  After school care needs improvement.
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• • Upcoming vote on tax proposal (100)
  • Will Brownsberger
  • January 15th, 2016
  This spring, the legislature will consider a voter initiative to raise the income tax on people earning over one million dollars. A hearing is scheduled on Tuesday, 1/19, from 10:30 AM-1:00 PM in room B-1 in the State House. I am fully committed to vote to put the proposal on the ballot and ultimately, you the voters will decide its fate. I'm very interested in your thoughts.
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• • Link: As vote looms, concern raised over tax holiday (0)
  • Jeanne Mooney
  • July 27th, 2015
  The Boston Globe reports on the upcoming vote on the sales tax holiday that, "a growing chorus of legislators and budget watchdogs from across the political spectrum is voicing sharp skepticism about the summer sales tax holiday, a decadelong Massachusetts tradition popular with consumers." Senator Brownsberger plans to vote against the holiday and is quoted as saying on his website, "[h]olidays are festive and I am not by nature a grinch.”
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• • Sales Tax Holiday? (134)
  • Will Brownsberger
  • July 18th, 2015
  Since 2004 (except in the 2009 recession year), the legislature has voted a sales tax holiday weekend in August. I've historically voted in favor of these holidays. However, I'm giving it a second thought this year. They just don't work the way we think they should, as I explain in this post. What are your thoughts?
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