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• Comment on: Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray to resign - Metro - The Boston Globe

  Posted 05/22/2013 10:23:46 EDT

  I thought Chamber's hired business people - Murray has never seen a private pay check in his life.   Of course - I guess the business of Massachusetts is Government or getting favors from politicians. more »

• Comment on: Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray to resign - Metro - The Boston Globe

  Posted 05/22/2013 09:38:02 EDT

  Setup - Patrick takes Holders Job - Galvin becomes Governor.

   

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• Comment on: - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 05/22/2013 07:53:52 EDT

  National University System Institute for Policy Research found PLAs increased New York and California school projects by around 15 percent, and the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University found th more »

• Comment on: - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 05/22/2013 06:51:13 EDT

     Thank you Scott for the editorial - but when the rest of the Globe is finished with him - he won't have a chance.       Markey reminds me of the NYC official in Ghost Busters  who releases all of t more »

• Comment on: The art of warfare - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 05/21/2013 11:25:55 EDT

   

  So if it's a democratic administration this is all right - if it's a republican one it's not.

   

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• Comment on: The art of warfare - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 05/20/2013 02:50:07 EDT

    The PBS show sounds interesting - but this article  seems to be written to justify the Obama administrations surveillance of AP reporters. The Globe would have never printed an article like this on  more »

• Comment on: Warren’s student loan bill starts an important conversation - Editorials - The Boston Globe

  Posted 05/18/2013 08:03:44 EDT

    Just thinking of some of the College Professors Benefits in the 1980's.       Sabbatical after 6 years   Spending summers in Switzerland or the south of France - doing research   Free tuition for yo more »

• Comment on: Warren’s student loan bill starts an important conversation - Editorials - The Boston Globe

  Posted 05/18/2013 07:56:04 EDT

  Having also worked as a research associate at a major university in the 1980's - I'll tell you the pay was poor but the benefits great - now it seems as though for professors the pay is great and so a more »

• Comment on: Warren’s student loan bill starts an important conversation - Editorials - The Boston Globe

  Posted 05/18/2013 07:26:01 EDT

        Senator Warren was a big part of this problem. She wants to lower the interest rates on student loans so college can charge even more for tuition.       Least we forget she made $385,000.00 a ye more »

• Comment on: Ousted IRS chief: Errors not caused by politics - News - Boston.com

  Posted 05/17/2013 02:09:28 EDT

  If you believe him - I've got a couple of bridges for sale in NYC - Cash only. 

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• Comment on: Nixon all over again? Not even close. - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 05/17/2013 01:58:53 EDT

    Difference between Watergate and Benghazi -  people died in Benghazi - and Watergate was a burglary.       Here is the main Watergate Charge       On August 5, 1974, the White House released a previ more »

• Comment on: What if we could choose where our taxes go? - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/30/2013 06:45:28 EDT

    Farah, I'm wondering if you have ever attended a town meeting in Massachusetts - it is Democracy in action.       The tax payers vote for the towns budgets priorities and thanks to Barbara Anderson more »

• Comment on: Making terror lists matter: Cuba is not a state sponsor of terrorism - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/29/2013 07:05:33 EDT

    I know the left considers Cuba a socialist paradise but  they  imprisons   American citizens and  kills Cuban political prisoners.   Alan Phillip Gross (born May 2, 1949)[1] is a U.S. international more »

• Comment on: There’s nothing fair about the Marketplace Fairness Act - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/24/2013 11:35:50 EDT

     The bill is written to exempt firms with revenues under 1M - so all of my smaller competitors won't pay taxes.     They will help job growth in Massachusetts (NOT)!     If you ever dealt with sales more »

• Comment on: Proposal to mandate paid sick days gaining momentum - Business - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/15/2013 11:31:53 EDT

  9 sick days per year ? triple damages - if you make a calculation mistake and the same for very small employers I'm sure my local pizza place will be able to figure this out - and gee - so what if the more »

• Comment on: Proposal to mandate paid sick days gaining momentum - Business - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/15/2013 11:03:37 EDT

    You mean the triple damages part (if you don't file the proper forms) - or the part where it gives workers  9 days of sick pay - did you take 9 sick days last year?  - I never have - except short te more »

• Comment on: Proposal to mandate paid sick days gaining momentum - Business - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/15/2013 10:12:00 EDT

    My firm offers PTO - for any use - if this passes we will have to follow state mandated policies  - so much for PTO - only use it if you are "sick". Let the government mandate everything - not that more »

• Comment on: Pay now or really pay later for transportation - - Boston.com

  Posted 04/13/2013 07:04:10 EDT

        Seems as though the majority of the funds allocated for the MBTA - will just fund higher wages and pensions.       The MBTA loses .65 for every dollar it collects - if it expands - that will jus more »

• Comment on: For-profit schools play needed role - Letters - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/12/2013 02:30:21 EDT

  Yup - they mean nothing - this salary is just not worth it - an a degree in Poly Sci - will really open doors.

   

   

  MCM: Microsoft Certified Master

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• Comment on: The for-profit college bubble - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/11/2013 11:42:06 EDT

  Funny  - I don't see any course like the at FSU - just this one - which you have to be a sophmore   ACCT 220 Introduction to Financial Accounting   A study of financial and accounting systems starting more »

• Comment on: The for-profit college bubble - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/10/2013 12:34:36 EDT

  and the non-profit schools that send 1000 of pages of ads to my kids -  but they are "non-profit" so it doesn't matter.

   

  In both non-profit and profit schools - the debt is no dischargable.

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• Comment on: The for-profit college bubble - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/10/2013 12:33:20 EDT

  I know a certain Senator who was making 400K (actually I rounded up from 350K) sorry - and look at some of the department chairs at major university.      How would a community college degree help som more »

• Comment on: The for-profit college bubble - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/10/2013 08:43:27 EDT

   

  Better they get an degree in HVAC from a private school than a degree in art history from a community college .

   

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• Comment on: The for-profit college bubble - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/10/2013 08:36:37 EDT

   

  Non-profit  schools may not reward their stockholders - but they do their  administrators and professors - should we not look at college they pay their professors 400K for teaching one class?

   

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• Comment on: Patrick overestimated his persuasiveness - Opinion - The Boston Globe

  Posted 04/10/2013 06:41:05 EDT

  Mixed in with the Green Line Extension is a 1B train to the South Coast and a train to Springfield.

   

  And do you think the Green Line extension will stay within budget ?

   

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