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February 21, 2018 By JASON PRAMAS

TOWNIE: MASS REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITIES FACE MAJOR BUDGET CRISIS

  Gov. Baker’s proposed cuts throw gasoline on raging policy fire   February 21, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS   A quarter-century ago, I lived in Lawrence for a few months. Because it was the closest place to Boston that I could find a cheap apartment on short notice. Unfortunately, I had a low-paying job […]

Filed Under: Columns, Townie Tagged With: Austerity, Budget, Charlie Baker, Column, cuts, economy, immigrant, Jason Pramas, Lawrence, Massachusetts, MVRTA, news, politics, privatization, protest, public, PVTA, race to the bottom, Springfield, TOWNIE, transportation, Worcester, WRTA

December 12, 2017 By JASON PRAMAS

TOWNIE: CORPORATE TAX FABLES AND COMMUNITARIAN KIDDIE TABLES

  December 12, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS   Big local corps quiet about huge profits to come from Repub tax scheme… except GE An interesting WBUR article, “Largest Mass. Companies Are Mostly Silent On GOP Tax Plans,” asked the top 12 corporations in the Commonwealth to comment on the recently passed Republican scheme to […]

Filed Under: Columns, Townie Tagged With: affordable, boondoggle, Boston, BPDA, BRA, Column, corruption, Democrats, developers, economics, housing, Jason Pramas, malfeasance, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, politics, Republicans, ripoff, taxes, TOWNIE, unaffordable

November 27, 2017 By JASON PRAMAS

TOWNIE: UMB DRUBBING, PAWSOX GRUBBING

  University cuts and a (possible) corporate scam just in time for the holidays   November 27, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS   UMass Boston admin lays off more staff, unions push back The neoliberal war on public higher education continues unabated in Massachusetts as the UMass Boston administration announced the layoff of 36 personnel […]

Filed Under: Columns, Townie Tagged With: Boston, Budget, debt, economy, giveaway, Jason Pramas, legislature, Massachusetts, neoliberal, PawSox, politics, public, taxes, TOWNIE, trustees, tuition, UMass, Worcester

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 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

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