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July 4, 2019 By JASON PRAMAS

THE RIGHT QUESTION FOR THE BROAD LEFT

On July 5, start asking the Democrats, “What policies will help working families?”

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November 2, 2017 By JASON PRAMAS

TOWNIE: TAX DELINQUENT, TAX GIVEAWAY

  Crutchfield sues Mass over online taxes, unions protest Siemens   Online retailer tries to duck sales taxes For a long time, the internet was like the Wild West for online sales. Companies sold products to consumers all over the US, and the feds and many states were slow to tax those transactions. You know, […]

Filed Under: Columns, Townie Tagged With: corporations, Crutchfield, economy, giveaway, government, Jason Pramas, malfeasance, Massachusetts, politics, scam, Siemens, taxation, TOWNIE, Walpole

October 24, 2017 By JASON PRAMAS

THE VERTEX SHELL GAME

Vertex Headquarters. Photo ©2015 Derek Kouyoumjian Pharma’s Donation to Boston, Other Cities Converts Public Funds to PR Gold October 24, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS   Vertex Pharmaceuticals made a big PR splash last week with an announcement of a significant donation to Boston and other cities where it does business. The Boston-based company, best […]

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: biotech, Boston, corporations, democracy, economy, education, healthcare, history, justice, Massachusetts, national, pharma, politics, taxation, Vertex

October 18, 2017 By JASON PRAMAS

TOWNIE: A WORM’S EYE VIEW OF THE MASS POWER STRUCTURE+

Students at rally at Boston City Hall by NewtonCourt (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons From the guy that brings you Apparent Horizon October 18, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS   The rich and powerful interests that control Massachusetts politics and the state economy have their fingers in every conceivable pie. So numerous […]

Filed Under: Columns, Townie Tagged With: Activism, BINJ, blurb, Boston, bribe, brief, business, CEO, City Hall, Column, Contact, corporations, corruption, democracy, development, economy, education, government, healthcare, higher education, Jason Pramas, justice, labor, legislature, malfeasance, Massachusetts, news, politics, Real Estate, taxation, TOWNIE

February 22, 2017 By JASON PRAMAS

GENERAL STRIKE: IS THE TRUMP VICTORY SPARKING THE RETURN OF LABOR’S MOST POWERFUL TACTIC?

NYC (1970) February 22, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS You know we live in interesting times when general strikes get discussed matter-of-factly in an American big city newspaper. A subject which would have only been raised in a publication like the Boston Globe in recent decades to attack it. But to give the Globe’s Shirley […]

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: Activism, corporations, democracy, economy, government, history, immigration, Jason Pramas, justice, labor, politics

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