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...vital piece of the town’s history,” VanderClock said. Weston proposes to finance the purchase by issuing bonds, selling 10 parcels of the land for development, and recovering the remainder in increased property taxes. VanderClock explained that the taxes should impose a mininimal burden on residents of the town, whose median household income of $153,918 was the highest in the state, according to the 2000 census. “The median real estate tax increase will only be $57 a year on average over the next 20 years,” she said. Amanda...
...with income tax breaks; money to educate children, put police on the street, and maintain public places has to come from somewhere. Without state assistance, property taxes have become the primary alternative source for local revenue and have skyrocketed. This is alarming because high property taxes put a disproportionate burden on those with the least means or fixed income—the poor and the elderly. High property taxes also hurt students looking for affordable housing during college and after gradation...
Lowering the income tax, as Healey proposes, is fiscally and socially irresponsible because it disproportionately helps the most fortunate while placing an even greater burden on the already struggling local governments. Patrick, on the other hand, supports increasing state aid to cities and towns, which will lower regressive property taxes while increasing the quality of our cities’ infrastructure and children’s educations. He also plans to expand housing developments to aid those who are most affected by the prohibitive costs of the Massachusetts housing market...
...will be expected of us.”Waters sees the Black Card not as a symbol of exclusivity but as a natural progression in the BSA’s assertion of identity. “It’s hard for them; it’s always a burden to have to represent your race. No matter what you do you’re going to be criticized for not representing whole range. They’re making more visible this successful middle class image, and that’s fine,” she says...
Environmentalism is arguably a luxury for Western nations. But it would be foolish (dare I say, inefficient) to ignore the real costs of conventional agricultural production. Organic farming will undoubtedly continue to have higher input costs, but it does not unduly burden society. Someone...