1. We have a traffic problem especially in places like the cape and it gets exponentially higher in the summer for almost everyone, making everything nearly inaccessible for residents as is, residents in MA are forced to vacation in the cape or other popular summer spots in the winter or not at all because of the burden
2. Because residents of the state who pay taxes for those parks and areas deserve a little reprieve (if you think the same of where your taxes go, vote in your own state)
3. Because MA has a high cost of living in general, so if we had to pay tourists prices, either most wouldn’t go, or it wouldn’t really make a difference to us
4. Because MA is forward thinking and believes that even it’s poorest citizens should be able to engage with its own landmarks before out of staters take it away from them.
5. Because fuck em’

I agree, suspensions did next to nothing for kids who got em, and less than nothing for kids who didn’t and has those kids in class with them. If kids don’t want to learn, they won’t, if kids do want to learn they will. I was an achieving student with friends who weren’t and segregated from me, I learned a lot from those friends and wouldn’t have done as well at life without them, don’t try to control the world with these weird ideologies

My insurance plan starts in July, along with my company’s fiscal year. not sure why a bunch of companies don’t also do this. Sure it’s confusing to explain to providers on my end but it prevents this kerfuffle. It should be spread out between employers, half get July, half get Jan

Lol soo cringe the trying to be a bully but succeeding in being a twat game you’re playing right now

I fucking love this state my god

He does literally pay more it’s a flat tax percentage not a flat tax amount. I’m not decided but just want people to be clear on that.

It is, I worked in FR as a case manager and had to file a missing persons. The second my eye caught that patch I nearly shouted in laughter, then realized they’d prob not find the missing person