Looks like we’re raising up the next generation right – teaching them to buy into the Democratic gospel that jobs are created by the government. So, obviously, the way to get a job is not to search the want ads and apply for openings, but to demand that government supply the money for various agencies [...]
Posted in Massachusetts politics, State issues, Taylor Armerding on Mar 18th, 2010 View Comments
No surprise, the Connector Authority board, which oversees insurance programs under RomneyCare, the 2006 health care law, was not pleased at comments by state Treasurer and unenrolled gubernatorial candidate Tim Cahill that Obamacare could bankrupt the nation in four years, because it is modeled after the Massachusetts reform. Cahill said Tuesday that the Connector had [...]
Posted in Massachusetts politics, State issues, Taylor Armerding on Mar 17th, 2010 View Comments
More tales from the abuse of plain language at the Statehouse: Chapter 9,621. The bottom line is that the infamous Hack Holidays – Evacuation Day (which happens to fall on St. Patrick’s Day, but so named to give it some alleged historical flavor) and Bunker Hill Day on June 17 will live for at least [...]
Posted in Massachusetts politics, State issues, Taylor Armerding on Jan 29th, 2010 View Comments
What a miracle an election year is. House Speaker Robert DeLeo is suddenly on our side, suddenly posing as a hawk on tax increases. I’m surprised he hasn’t taken a temporary membership with Citizens for Limited Taxation. The speaker declared this week that the House budget, not due until spring, would contain no new taxes [...]
Posted in Pension Tidal Wave, State issues, Taylor Armerding, Uncategorized on Feb 10th, 2009 View Comments
I didn’t expect, for a moment, that Gov. Deval Patrick would bring anything resembling tax relief to Massachusetts. He never really promised to, anyway. If you listened to what he said during his campaign, it was that if the income tax was reduced to 5 percent after 18 years of a “temporary” surtax, then property [...]
Posted in Massachusetts politics, State issues, Taylor Armerding on Jan 28th, 2009 View Comments
If you had any lingering doubts about the Statehouse being a palace of delusion, listen to some of your elected representatives defend their vote for Sal DiMasi as House Speaker, just three weeks before he resigned under an ethical cloud that grows blacker by the day. Read about it here. Rep. John Keenan, D-Salem: “I [...]
Posted in Massachusetts politics, State issues, Taylor Armerding on Dec 3rd, 2008 View Comments
My apologies for the complete absence of posts on this blog for the past month. My advance New Year’s resolution is to visit it much more often. And thanks to you who have stopped by, weighed in and debated with one another. There is not much better than a good argument that sticks to the [...]
Posted in Local politics, State issues, Taylor Armerding on Oct 31st, 2008 View Comments
I’m voting for Question 1, to eliminate the state income tax, which shouldn’t surprise anybody. Every time I hear from its opponents that it would be “reckless” or “irresponsible,” I wonder, “Do these people ever stop to look in the mirror?” Reckless and irresponsible is the way they have been spending, demanding spending or enabling [...]
Posted in Massachusetts politics, State issues, Taylor Armerding on Jun 18th, 2008 View Comments
Question: When is a tax break for the wealthy not a tax break for the wealthy? Answer: When a Democrat calls it an “economic stimulus plan.” Of course, it’s still a tax break for the wealthy – calling it by another name doesn’t change the reality – but most Democrats are loathe to give even [...]
Posted in Local politics, State issues, Taylor Armerding on May 2nd, 2008 View Comments
Haven’t we hear this song before? Bills get passed, or killed, at the Statehouse that directly benefit good friends of those in power, and it’s all a complete coincidence. Nobody influenced anybody. So it’s a familiar melody coming from the lips of the surrogate subordinates of House Speaker Sal DiMasi. Among the scandals currently distracting [...]
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