Every tax is a pay cut. Every tax cut is a pay raise.
Citizens for Limited Taxation |
Boston Globe, August 5, 2002
So long, I can't afford to stay. by David Thompson |
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It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I must say goodbye to
Massachusetts. What we had was so beautiful. It was
a dream come true. Unfortunately, it was a dream from which
I must wake or risk being swept away by the ever rising tide of
costs that it takes to live here.
I just sold my small cape in Bellingham. With the obscene profits I made from the sale, I will pay off all my debts, put a significant sum in the bank, and still have enough left over for a large downpayment on a house just north of Birmingham, Ala. The new house is twice the square footage of my old house. We will enjoy a much better standard of living and be able to go on vacation, save for the kids college education, and assure ourselves a self-sufficient retirement. Living in Massachusetts affords us no such luxuries. Being partnered with Massachusetts is a fatal attraction, and the taxes are going up again. Pretty soon only House Speaker Tom Finneran and the richest of the rich will be able to make it in Massachusetts. |
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