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CLT Commentary |
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CLT Updates 2019 |
| Dec 21, 2019 | "The Boston Gas Party" in 2020? |
| Dec 18, 2019 | Impact of a TCI pact |
| Dec 17, 2019 |
CLT opposes TCI
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| Dec 14, 2019 | After the Twenty-Plus-Year War — Victory! |
| Dec 13, 2019 | Will this craziness never end? |
| Dec 4, 2019 | A Legislature in "Recess" |
| Nov 27, 2019 | The History of a Betrayal — Gov. Baker Sells Out Taxpayers |
| Nov 26, 2019 | "A new review is coming for an old law, Prop 2½" — Gov. Baker sells out taxpayers |
| Nov 24, 2019 | Letter to Gov. Baker requesting his amendment of Education Bill |
| Nov 21, 2019 | Taxpayers, voters abused again |
| Nov 20, 2019 |
Memo to Legislators — S-2412 — Education Conference
Committee Bill
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| Nov 17, 2019 | Catching Up With Beacon Hill Roll Call's "ALSO UP ON BEACON HILL" |
| Nov 16, 2019 | Will Proposition 2½ still stand next week or be weakened? |
| Nov 13, 2019 |
Memo to Conference Committee: "Mitigating" Proposition 2½
is not needed
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| Nov 12, 2019 | A Call to Arms: Proposition 2½ Attack Imminent |
| Nov 10, 2019 | The Massive Tax Hikes Surge Is On |
| Nov 2, 2019 | The hits (on taxpayers) just keep on coming! |
| Oct 25, 2019 | Prop 2½ safe in House bill, but the threat remains |
| Oct 22, 2019 |
Memo to House Republicans: Proposition 2½ under
attack
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| Oct 20, 2019 | Beacon Hill taxing craze ramping up |
| Oct 12, 2019 | The taxing frenzy is upon us |
| Oct 9, 2019 | Memo to Republican Legislators: Stealth attack on Proposition 2½ |
| Oct 6, 2019 | Proposition 2½ again under attack |
| Sep 29, 2019 | Another Mass. Democrat Party power-grab, and a new tax |
| Sep 22, 2019 | They're baack — "No man's life, liberty, or property are safe"! |
| Sep 14, 2019 |
Hope for even a semblance of sanity? Also: World Taxpayers Associations proclamation supporting Hong Kong protestors |
| Sep 10, 2019 |
CLT Supports Estate Tax Revision; Opposes “Bifurcated”
Property Tax
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| Sep 7, 2019 | Gov proposes "graduated tax relief" |
| Aug 31, 2019 | Some legislators begin to stir |
| Aug 24, 2019 | Mass., #46, spent 304% higher than national average on its highways |
| Aug 17, 2019 | Will Proposition 2½ be next? |
| Aug 12, 2019 | "The Best Legislature Money Can Buy" — Vacation Week #1 |
| Aug 5, 2019 | Gov. Charlie Baker is a "disappointment" at best |
| Aug 3, 2019 | No-Veto Charlie's $43.3B budget keeps pols "fat, happy, and satiated" |
| Jul 31, 2019 |
More-Than-Enough is Enough
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| Jul 25, 2019 | Speaker's $1.3 billion borrow-and-spend GreenWorks bill streaks through House |
| Jul 23, 2019 | Budget whizzes to Gov's desk |
| Jul 22, 2019 | Don't blink or you'll miss the budget's passage |
| Jul 17, 2019 | Mass. set to win dead last state budget trophy, again |
| Jul 15, 2019 | The Bay State's "Battered Citizen Syndrome" |
| Jul 10, 2019 | Still no budget but dysfunction abounds |
| Jul 3, 2019 | New 'Death Tax' hike: "They can go to hell” |
| Jun 29, 2019 | Mass. late state budget again among the last in nation |
| Jun 22, 2019 | Craziness expands on Beacon Hill |
| Jun 19, 2019 | Billions more is 'Not enough yet' |
| Jun 12, 2019 | Grad Tax withdrawn – "Millionaires Tax" amendment advanced with lopsided vote |
| Jun 11, 2019 |
"Beware of Progs bearing gifts"
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| Jun 10, 2019 | "Millionaires Tax" changed to Grad Tax on All? |
| Jun 5, 2019 | Legislator: "Guess what? You can't trust us." |
| May 29, 2019 | Catching up: The Senate budget |
| May 27, 2019 | Services for Chip Faulkner |
| May 25, 2019 | Reports on the passing of Chip Faulkner |
| May 24, 2019 |
Taxpayer advocate Francis J. "Chip" Faulkner dies at 73
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| May 22, 2019 | The growing abuse of Prop 2½ |
| May 18, 2019 | "Not a dime's worth of difference"? |
| May 12, 2019 | Senate up for tax hikes |
| May 8, 2019 | Grad Tax advances; sales tax rollback fallout |
| May 6, 2019 |
Yes on S-1776 and H-2545 - Roll Back the Sales Tax to
5%
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| May 4, 2019 | Those "Good Old Days" |
| Apr 26, 2019 | House passes its $42.7 Billion budget |
| Apr 23, 2019 | Taxes pulled from House budget debate |
| Apr 22, 2019 |
Tomorrow is Tax Freedom Day in Massachusetts (#43
nationally)
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| Apr 20, 2019 | All eyes on House budget debate next week |
| Apr 16, 2019 | Today is National Tax Freedom Day – Massachusetts (#43) not for another week |
| Apr 13, 2019 | House budget: More spending, no tax hikes – for now |
| Apr 11, 2019 | Jeff Jacoby: "I Miss Barbara Anderson" |
| Apr 10, 2019 |
Memo to Revenue Committee: No to the “Fair Share
Amendment”
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| Apr 8, 2019 | Remembering Barbara Anderson |
| Apr 5, 2019 | “They’ve gone over the edge” |
| Mar 30, 2019 | Tax hike schemes bloom on Beacon Hill |
| Mar 26, 2019 | A Tale of Two Commonwealths |
| Mar 17, 2019 | "Thank you sir, may I have another?" |
| Mar 11, 2019 | CLT saved motorists $1.3 Billion ― just last year |
| Mar 6, 2019 | Many Moving Pieces |
| Feb 28, 2019 | "A billion here, a billion there" |
| Feb 24, 2019 | Narrative Data Points |
| Feb 12, 2019 | Best Legislature Money Can Buy caught in the act |
| Feb 9, 2019 | Trust is the hurdle |
| Jan 31, 2019 | Reprise of driver's licenses and "sanctuary state" for illegals |
| Jan 25, 2019 | Baker opens the tax floodgates |
| Jan 23, 2019 | Realtors "generally oppose" Gov's 50% real estate tax hike |
| Jan 22, 2019 |
Gov. Baker’s latest disappointment
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| Jan 19, 2019 | Kleptocracy thrives in The People's Republic |
| Jan 12, 2019 | The natural culture of Bay State governance |
| Jan 7, 2019 | 2019 off to a great start ― for Bacon Hill pols |
| Dec 29, 2018 | A very, very Happy & Prosperous New Year for greedy Bacon Hill pols |
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