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...
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...
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,...
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...
I love the idea of universal (mandated) health insurance coming to Massachusetts. I’m lucky, I have a great insurance policy, courtesy of my boyfriend partner husband; others, of course, aren’t as lucky, and the cost of the insurance policies may cause...