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While we sympathize with the plight of the B-School students, we sympathize more with the plight of Cambridge, where 25 per cent of municipal employees are scheduled to lose their jobs this spring, and Boston, where 3000 or more workers face the axe. Administrators may point to the University...
Generally, and perhaps expectably, the reviews were bad. "A high-risk gamble with the future of America" was AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland's verdict. Said he: "Workers and the poor take the lion's share of the risk. The only sure winners are the wealthy, whether they...
Perhaps no state is in as much financial trouble as Massachusetts, where voters approved a property tax limitation program called Proposition 2½ last November. As a result, the state's 351 cities and towns stand to lose an estimated $600 million in local revenues. Boston, in particular, is...
At least two formal charges of discrimination were filed last year against the financial aid office. One student said he filed an internal grievance with the University, and sources claimed that a former financial aid officer filed complaints with municipal and federal agencies.
(4 of 11) among nations." In her initial budget, she promptly cut income taxes: from 83% to 60% for those earning more than $50,000, and from 33% to 30% for those below. To replace the $9.5 billion in lost revenues, she raised the value-added tax (VAT), a levy...