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Last night, the Massachusetts Senate overwhelmingly voted, 31-6, to pass the Tax Fairness bill to close three corporate tax loopholes, preventing large multi state companies from avoiding over $400 million a year in state taxes.
(Boston) MASSPIRG praised the action of the Massachusetts Senate on Thursday April 17, who adopted much needed prescription drug marketing reforms as part of the Senate President’s Health Care Cost Control Bill, S. 2650, An Act to Promote Cost Containment, Transparency and Efficiency in the Delivery of Quality Health Care.
Last night, the Massachusetts House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted, 131-23, to pass the bill to close two corporate tax loopholes, preventing large multi state companies from avoiding over $400 million a year in state taxes.
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Credit card lending is enormously profitable. According to annual Federal Reserve Board of Governors’ (FRB) Reports to Congress, it is the most profitable form of banking. But the credit card industry is saturated.
Meeting America’s 21st Century Transportation
Challenges with Modern Public Transit.
America’s automobile-centered transportation system was a key component of the nation’s economic prosperity during the 20th century. But our transportation system is increasingly out of step with the challenges of the 21st century. Rising fuel prices, growing traffic congestion, and the need to address critical challenges such as global warming and America’s addiction to imported oil all point toward the need for a new transportation future.
Under the new “managed competition” rating system, “who you are” has become more important than “how you drive.” Starting in April, factors relating to “who you are” – income, marital status, homeownership, education, age, race, and other factors supposedly prohibited for use by the Division of Insurance – will take center stage in the Massacusetts auto insurance market. Driving record is no longer the primary rating factor and is now a diluted factor.
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No one wants to see judges, umpires or government contracting officers getting handouts from people seeking their favor.
THE SURGE in gasoline prices has an unintended benefit in the Boston area: More people are taking the MBTA, saving money for themselves and reducing air pollution and highway congestion.
Their wallets siphoned by high gas prices, more Americans are taking the subway, bus, or commuter train, particularly in Boston, where officials say the number of subway riders is increasing faster than in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C
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