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Massachusetts is imposing Massachusetts income taxes on New Hampshire residents when they neither reside nor “work” in Massachusetts. It seems intuitively obvious Massachusetts is overreaching. But Massachusetts downplays the seriousness of New Hampshire’s claim in three ways.
It’s instructive when a bureaucrat says, “I can’t even say this publicly.” That is exactly the sort of thing that the people who pay his salary (you folks) need to hear. So, it’s lucky for us it was recorded so that we can share it.
On June 1st of 2020, the busy-bodies in the Bay State banned menthol-flavored cigarettes. Here in the Granite State, we said thank you. Before summer was over, NH had added over 16 million in new revenue as a result. The latest figures push that to over 28 million in six months.
Massachusetts, once the cradle of liberty, is now a bureaucrat’s Disneyland. They would rather tax and regulate the tea than dump it in the harbor these days. So the Department of Health (and inhuman services)had no problem declaring that ye shall be vaccinated, or else!
Twenty-Twenty wasn’t a bad year; people made it that way. People, letting people if you catch my drift. Mostly left-wingers regardless of the side from which they were winging it. And while most of the attention went to viruses from China (Flu and Election), there were other stories to tell.
Maskachusetts Governor Lockdown Charlie Parker (Baker), in a meaningless gesture, vetoed the bill. But the left wants what the left wants. The Democrat Majority (forever) legislature easily overrode the veto. It is now lawful for girls as young as 16 to get abortions in the Bay State without parental consent.
Early on, when Covidism was getting its feet wet, we predicted the inevitable problem for Blue States with governors like Cuomo and Newsom and Baker. These High-Tax big-budget money-pits were locking down their golden goose, but they’d never let government suffer for it.
You know the song and all the parts of the 12 days of Christmas. You may not quite recall how many drummers, pipers, or dancing ladies or leaping lords, but you’ve got the first few nailed down. Charlie Baker has decided to change those. Beginning on Day two (the day after Christmas), all the other …
New Hampshire has a lawsuit against Massachusetts. The Bay State tweaked its non-resident tax rules when the Rona hit. Anyone forced to work remotely who never had or was forced to work remotely more often would still pay Mass. taxes on those remote wages.
Massachusetts Attorney General Muara Healy, in a letter to David J. Hayes, the Executive Director of the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center (NYU – DC), is looking for a lawyer to serve as he Assistant AG. A Tomás de Torquemada for Climate Change policy.
