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"Greed," declared Gordon Gekko in a memorable movie scene, "for lack of a better word, is good." The lead character in the 1987 hit movie Wall Street, Gekko took center stage in the anti-capitalism screed from lefty filmmaker Oliver Stone. The familiar quote is frequently rolled
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If the leaders of the Massachusetts legislature taxed tobacco cigarettes the way they are planning to tax marijuana, then the price of cigarettes would drop like a dozen recently-legalized homegrown pot plants tossed from a rooftop garden. That's because the Bay State power-brokers use their taxing powers against
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In the nascent days of post-World War II conservatism, Senator Barry Goldwater coined a phrase that defined the limited political goals of moderate Eisenhower-era Republicans. Goldwater referred to the Administration of Republican President Dwight Eisenhower as a "dime-store New Deal." Disappointed in the GOP's contentment with
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"You must spend money," observed Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus, "to make money." That constitutes sound advice for investors and business owners. In government, politicians effortlessly twist the proverb into: "You must spend taxpayer money to justify spending even more taxpayer money."
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The headlines said it all: Kennedy and Baker tied in poll. With the 2016 elections still ahead, speculation about the 2018 governor's race has already begun to percolate. And who can resist the tantalizing prospect of a Kennedy – any Kennedy – challenging any incumbent Republican?
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One of the shortest-lived political parties in Massachusetts history pushed through a state constitutional amendment whose after-effects still bedevil us today. More than a century and one-half ago, the so-called Know Nothing party passed an amendment to prohibit any state funding for non-public schools, specifically targeting the burgeoning Irish-Catholic population
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If you were planning to purchase a new washing machine and dryer during the state's annual "sales tax holiday," you can forget about it for the next year. Massachusetts' Democratic legislative leaders, with the acquiescence of Governor Charlie Baker, a Republican, have decided to deny