FACT CHECK: A Growing Consensus on MA’s Competitiveness Problem
The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation (MTF) just released its annual competitiveness index, assessing how the Commonwealth stacks up against the rest of the country.
Spoiler alert: Massachusetts maintains many competitive strengths, but is becoming an increasingly difficult place to live and do business.
FACT CHECK: What Question 5 Would Change About Massachusetts’ Revenue Growth Limit
We break down the facts and the myths about Chapter 62F and what a proposed revision would do for taxpayers and the state as a whole.
Gas Tax Holiday Highlights Need for Greater Energy Reform
Gas taxes hit home for Bay Staters every time they have to fill up their vehicles – an additional 24 cents for every gallon of gas. But paying at the pump is far from the only energy affordability crisis facing Commonwealth residents.
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FACT CHECK: A Growing Consensus on MA’s Competitiveness Problem
The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation (MTF) just released its annual competitiveness index, assessing how the Commonwealth stacks up against the rest of the country.
Spoiler alert: Massachusetts maintains many competitive strengths, but is becoming an increasingly difficult place to live and do business.
FACT CHECK: What Question 5 Would Change About Massachusetts’ Revenue Growth Limit
We break down the facts and the myths about Chapter 62F and what a proposed revision would do for taxpayers and the state as a whole.
BOSTON GLOBE: Massachusetts’ tax revenue limit is stuck in 1986
Question 5 on the November ballot asks Massachusetts voters: Should state revenue grow faster than taxpayers’ paychecks?
Gas Tax Holiday Highlights Need for Greater Energy Reform
Gas taxes hit home for Bay Staters every time they have to fill up their vehicles – an additional 24 cents for every gallon of gas. But paying at the pump is far from the only energy affordability crisis facing Commonwealth residents.
Hope For Housing Affordability On The Horizon
Affordability has become one of the biggest concerns facing Massachusetts residents, driven in large part by skyrocketing housing costs. Home prices are rising faster than incomes, while limited housing supply has made it increasingly difficult for residents to find affordable places to live. But several new proposals, including legislation and a measure headed to voters this November, could help reverse this troubling trend.
BOSTON HERALD: Massachusetts economy gets a taxing lesson
College students who’ve arrived in Massachusetts this fall can study a real-world lesson in unintended consequences: the Commonwealth’s surtax on million-dollar earners is hurting our state’s economic competitiveness.
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Our mission is to defend and strengthen the Massachusetts business climate, ensure long-term economic success and prosperity, promote social mobility, and enhance economic opportunities for all in the Commonwealth.
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