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Ticket scalping: where the free-market doesn’t reign

Do you think you should be able to pay as much as you want for a ticket to a Red Sox game, a performance of CATS, a Damien Rice concert? (For example …) In Massachusetts, you can’t resell tickets for whatever price you want – you’re limited to...

State tax loophole or smart policy?

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That’s the question put forth by Verizon, a company currently exempt from paying property taxes on its telephone poles. AS MASSACHUSETTS wrestles with its fiscal crisis, Beacon Hill is working hard to find ways to balance next year’s budget. At the same...

Your summer rental just got more expensive

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If you take a week off each summer to vacation in Nantucket or Martha’s Vineyard or on the Cape, you’ve been lucky enough to be able to rent a place without paying any tax. At least, so far. A five percent hotel tax may be coming to a timeshare near you. A...

Rebuild Suffolk Downs … but without a casino

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I love gambling. In other people’s states. But, not here. Just a personal opinion. I feel like I’ve already lost the fight on this one. Is legalized gambling at casinos a fait accompli? A developer with a successful track record of building casinos in...

Mass very close to universal healthcare … or very far away

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Our state is very close to becoming the first in the nation to require health insurance for all its residents. The cost of health insurance isn’t cheap. Many people will have a hard time affording it for themselves and their families. The alternative is,...

No one’s gonna buy your home

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The Globe has an article today about how everyone in Massachusetts is getting old and moving out of state (or dying). No one’s moving into the state. The result? No one’s going to be left to buy your house, a couple years from now. At least that’s...