Re: OT Hachi/Deval Patrick

On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:46:05 -0500, mark_digital© wrote:
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> This guy is goooooooooooooood. You hear his latest remarks? He's standing in
> front of a room of business people and says something to the effect it's
> time to close the tax loopholes businesses are using, so Massachusetts can
> get back on it's feet. And don't tell me you aren't manipulating the system
> because I know, when I worked for Texaco I did the same darn thing.
>
> Wow!
>
> In a Time magazine interview he explicitly states, after being asked if he
> has thoughts to run for the White house, something to the effect he didn't
> run for office of governor for a future venue. (he used the word *job*)[/color]

I'm losing faith, Mark. I was hoping he would do things differently.
First thing he does? Replaces Mitt Romney's Crown Victoria with a
Cadillac Sedan DeVille. He replaced a $24,000 car with 80,000 miles on it
with a $65,000 car, at our expense.

Then, he spent $27,000 refurnishing his office, after Mitt removed his OWN
furniture, again, at taxpayer expense. I hope he plans on leaving it
behind when he moves on...

Then, he hires an aide for his wife, at $72,000 a year, again, at OUR
expense.

No wonder he wants to close tax loopholes! He has to pay for all the
money he's spending somehow!

And, if he closes up the tax breaks, more businesses are going to leave
the Baystate for greener pastures. There are plenty of states that would
like to get their hands on our High-Tech industries, and would pay them to
move...

"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote in message
news:wJDFh.10071$2u.180@trndny04...[color=blue]
> On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:46:05 -0500, mark_digital© wrote:
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>> This guy is goooooooooooooood. You hear his latest remarks? He's standing
>> in
>> front of a room of business people and says something to the effect it's
>> time to close the tax loopholes businesses are using, so Massachusetts
>> can
>> get back on it's feet. And don't tell me you aren't manipulating the
>> system
>> because I know, when I worked for Texaco I did the same darn thing.
>>
>> Wow!
>>
>> In a Time magazine interview he explicitly states, after being asked if
>> he
>> has thoughts to run for the White house, something to the effect he
>> didn't
>> run for office of governor for a future venue. (he used the word *job*)[/color]
>
> I'm losing faith, Mark. I was hoping he would do things differently.
> First thing he does? Replaces Mitt Romney's Crown Victoria with a
> Cadillac Sedan DeVille. He replaced a $24,000 car with 80,000 miles on it
> with a $65,000 car, at our expense.
>
> Then, he spent $27,000 refurnishing his office, after Mitt removed his OWN
> furniture, again, at taxpayer expense. I hope he plans on leaving it
> behind when he moves on...
>
> Then, he hires an aide for his wife, at $72,000 a year, again, at OUR
> expense.
>
> No wonder he wants to close tax loopholes! He has to pay for all the
> money he's spending somehow!
>
> And, if he closes up the tax breaks, more businesses are going to leave
> the Baystate for greener pastures. There are plenty of states that would
> like to get their hands on our High-Tech industries, and would pay them to
> move...[/color]

Sorry Hachi, I can't deal with penny pinching arguments. Nor can I deal with
"the first thing he did was.." when I know better. And we've seen a lot of
business lost to overseas but it's only wrong if they threaten to move to
the next state over.

On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:54:20 -0500, mark_digital© wrote:
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> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote in message
> news:wJDFh.10071$2u.180@trndny04...[color=green]
>> On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:46:05 -0500, mark_digital© wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> This guy is goooooooooooooood. You hear his latest remarks? He's standing
>>> in
>>> front of a room of business people and says something to the effect it's
>>> time to close the tax loopholes businesses are using, so Massachusetts
>>> can
>>> get back on it's feet. And don't tell me you aren't manipulating the
>>> system
>>> because I know, when I worked for Texaco I did the same darn thing.
>>>
>>> Wow!
>>>
>>> In a Time magazine interview he explicitly states, after being asked if
>>> he
>>> has thoughts to run for the White house, something to the effect he
>>> didn't
>>> run for office of governor for a future venue. (he used the word *job*)[/color]
>>
>> I'm losing faith, Mark. I was hoping he would do things differently.
>> First thing he does? Replaces Mitt Romney's Crown Victoria with a
>> Cadillac Sedan DeVille. He replaced a $24,000 car with 80,000 miles on it
>> with a $65,000 car, at our expense.
>>
>> Then, he spent $27,000 refurnishing his office, after Mitt removed his OWN
>> furniture, again, at taxpayer expense. I hope he plans on leaving it
>> behind when he moves on...
>>
>> Then, he hires an aide for his wife, at $72,000 a year, again, at OUR
>> expense.
>>
>> No wonder he wants to close tax loopholes! He has to pay for all the
>> money he's spending somehow!
>>
>> And, if he closes up the tax breaks, more businesses are going to leave
>> the Baystate for greener pastures. There are plenty of states that would
>> like to get their hands on our High-Tech industries, and would pay them to
>> move...[/color]
>
> Sorry Hachi, I can't deal with penny pinching arguments. Nor can I deal with
> "the first thing he did was.." when I know better. And we've seen a lot of
> business lost to overseas but it's only wrong if they threaten to move to
> the next state over.[/color]

I can, when he said the state was in serious financial trouble...