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Obama’s towering regulatory state increases burden on taxpayers

A glance at the overall count of rules and regulations leads one to suppose regulatory burdens are decreasing. After all, since Obama took office the total number of rules and regulations appearing annually in the Federal Register has moved from 3,830 in Bush's last calendar year to

Massachusetts

Tax-cut advocate Barbara Anderson dies; ‘Mother’ of Prop 2 1/2

Massachusetts lost a true taxpayers' champion Friday with the passing of Barbara C. Anderson. Anderson was the driving force behind 1980's Proposition 2 1/2, the signature law that forced the Bay State down the road to shedding its well-deserved "Taxachusetts" moniker, and the champion

irs

Why the IRS was just hacked – again – and what the feds can do about it

Last month hackers stole Internal Revenue Service data belonging to more than 100,000 taxpayers. This sort of attack on the IRS and other federal computer systems keeps happening – and succeeding – because the government's cyberdefenses are not strong enough to resist.

MBTA

Taking taxpayers on a runaway ride

The image of a driverless runaway train provides the perfect visual metaphor for the endless travails of the MBTA, especially following the snowbound debacle of last winter. But the runaway train is not just a metaphor or a figure of speech. It actually happened.

Massachusetts

Tax rate will go down next year for Bay State wage earners

BOSTON – The Massachusetts state income tax rate will fall slightly in January, the third-to-last step in the tax rate's odyssey from 5.95 percent in 1999 to its potential nadir two years from now at the voter-approved level of 5 percent. Gov. Charlie Baker's budget office

boston

Paid patriotism

"We're No. 1." That's been a constant refrain of Boston and New England sports fans in the new millennium — and with good reason. The Patriots and the Red Sox have won multiple championships, while the Bruins and Celtics have notched one apiece. Now this

NewBostonPost

IRS: Computer breach bigger than first thought; 334k victims

Written by Stephen Ohlemacher WASHINGTON (AP) — A computer breach at the IRS in which thieves stole tax information from thousands of taxpayers is much bigger than the agency originally disclosed.