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Wake up and smell the taxes, Cape Codders
You won't be able to afford the coffee
By Steve Sullivan, Brewster
Like so many Cape Codders, I found Deval Patrick a very attractive candidate. My concern was whether the state was better off with a poor republican or solid democrat. In order to make an informed decision I researched single party government, hoping to find examples of solid legislation and prosperous times that were associated with single party rule. Instead, what I found was example after example of poor legislation and debt ridden administrations. This morning I picked up the Cape Cod Times and read that the budget chief for Patrick is looking to raise the meal tax on the Cape. The man is not even in office yet and his people are talking tax increases. I cannot imagine a republican talking tax increases at all, let alone before even taking office.
For those of you who loved the "Duke", here he comes again.
Also reported was the meeting in which a transition group gathered together on the Cape to put out a "wish list" of expenditures ranging from child care subsidies to subsidies for artists. No mention, however, how these would be paid for, unless you read the article directly underneath it on the "budget chief weighs local tax options. "
Wake up and smell the taxes Cape Codders - You wont be able to afford the coffee.
By the way, guess who budget chief Leslie Kirwan worked for? Yep, Mike Dukakis.
Be afraid, be very afraid.
P.S. I wound up voting for Christy. The pols with there heads up there butts struck a note that rings today.
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Stop name-calling and debate his ideas.
Am I missing something? Are they even about the op ed piece? They seem to make no sense.
"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."
Romney has cut 425 million from the budget in the last month in an attempt to keep the budget balanced and we still need 600 million to cover the budget for this month.
Granted the lion share of tax revenue comes in on or around April 15th so we may still have a balanced budget, but after yesterdays meeting it appears that more people were asking what the government could do for them instead of the other way around.
Don’t blame me I voted for Muffy!
"Governor-elect Deval Patrick's incoming budget chief says new taxes at the local level may be needed to create a stable long-term financial picture.
Leslie Kirwan says so-called local option taxes on meals, hotels and other services should be one of the things the state considers.
She also isn't sure the state can cut property taxes, as Patrick said he wanted to do during the campaign."
Do you know if it's true that the state has been running a $1 billion surplus over the last few years?
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