Massachusetts Residents Visit New Hampshire To Avoid Sales Tax
Well the invasion of MA residents has begun since their sales tax went up to 6.25% yesterday: All roads leading from Massachusetts into New Hampshire were jammed yesterday morning — not so unusual for a hot, sunny summer Saturday. But along with the seasonal vacationers heading north of the border were Bay Staters looking, once [...]
Can’t Get a Job in Massachusetts
Some folks in MA can’t get jobs. Anastos’s story is becoming increasingly common as thousands of unemployed Massachusetts workers flood the job market and find few businesses hiring in the face of the economic downturn. First-time claims for unemployment benefits in Massachusetts have surged about 30 percent from a year ago, according to the US [...]
MA Tolls and Gas Prices Going Up
Not surprising at all and two more reasons why I left Massachusetts. Because for their next trick, the tax-fattened hyenas who run this rotten kleptocracy of a state are going to hike the gasoline tax. This time everybody will get whacked. See, there just aren’t enough of us Pike commuters left to steal from anymore, [...]
And Here’s Why Massachusetts Sucks So Incredibly Much
And here’s why Taxachusetts has become such a miserable hell-hole to live in. – A continuous veto-proof Democratic legislature where those in the middle class and those who run small businesses have no voice? – Exorbitantly costly union-favorable prevailing wage laws, project labor agreements, responsible employer ordinances, costly three tier liquor industry, anarchistic item price [...]
The History of the Income Tax in Massachusetts
Some great information here that clearly illustrates why an income or sales tax in New Hampshire would do absolutely nothing to lower property taxes. Income and sales taxes NEVER lower property taxes, they just add to the existing tax burden. Are you paying attention New Hampshire voters? Don’t be fooled by the pro-income tax crowd. [...]
Property Values Go Down in Taxachusetts But Taxes Go Up
Wait…didn’t Deval promise property tax relief? I’m sure he’s working hard to get property tax payers in Taxachusetts some relief even as I type this. Heh. The average assessed value for single-family homes in Massachusetts fell for the first time in more than a decade last year, even as property tax bills continued to climb. [...]
Ending the Income Tax in Massachusetts
Good for Carla Howell. I hope this gets on the ballot and passes. It would send a big message to the useless parasites that infest Beacon Hill. Then, of course, they would try everything in the book and then some to stop it from being implemented. But good for her for trying it. If you [...]
