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Comment on: Appealing Asian tapas at Ming Tsaiâs Blue Dragon - Food & dining - The Boston Globe
Great lunch item - the tea marinated tofu with 3 grain salad and roasted veggies. Recommended to me by server. more »
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Why are they non profit? They dont have to pay state or local tax? It's my understanding the dispensaries still have to pay federal taxes. I don't get it. Can someone explain? more »
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Comment on: Proposed tax increases big concern for Mass. businesses - Business - The Boston Globe
We have been divided and conquered. States and towns compete for businesses. We need to get more creative in attracting business to our communities without dropping our pants. more »
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Comment on: Proposed tax increases big concern for Mass. businesses - Business - The Boston Globe
Check out gas and diesel taxes in other states. Pay particular attention to California at 36 cents per gallon plus 2.5% sales tax. By increasing the gas tax we will encourage more efficient driving, p more »
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Comment on: Snow days push schools into session on Good Friday - - Boston.com
Schools close because they can't find substitute teachers on popular holidays. more »
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Comment on: Hospitals put too much onus on patients - Letters - The Boston Globe
Today, made an appointment to get my back looked at. (fell last week and still in pain). I tried to find out what my insurance co would be charged. The officer person didn't know prices, so she forwar more »
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Comment on: Utility CEO Thomas May earned $3.8 m in last three months at NStar - Business - The Boston Globe
In the letter, May said he did not receive any âspecial bonus payments in cash, deferred income, or stock in relation to the merger.â If it's not special, then he should give it back. I just had a more »
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Comment on: Oil little changed; pump price down to $3.70 - Business - The Boston Globe
End taxpayer handouts to coal, oil and gas corporations. Globally, the fossil fuel industry receives $600 billion in subsidies a year. Meanwhile, renewables receive less than $46 billion. A clean ener more »
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Comment on: Life is good says life is better in Fort Point area - Business - The Boston Globe
I hope these companies put solar panels on the roof and take advantage of tax credits and long term energy savings. http://www.solarflair.com/. How cool would it be for Boston image when people flying more »
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Comment on: Disgruntled customers get inside scoop at Ben & Jerryâs - Business - The Boston Globe
Here is another reason to like Ben and Gerrys. http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/7003/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=9226 They are trying to get the dough out of politics. more »
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http://healthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bitter-pill-why-medical-bills-are-killing-us/ more »
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I do not agree. If someone kills, there is no forgiving them. The only thing he can do is spend the rest of his life in jail regreting his decision. It's not the fathers job to feel guilty when the bo more »
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Comment on: GOP condemns reported Ed Markey fundraiser with Eliot Spitzer - Metro - The Boston Globe
Here is a link to Mr. Spitzer's side of the story. He was a competent Attorney General who stepped in when the Justice Department did not. http://www.slate.com/blogs/spitzer/2012/08/20/the_architects_ more »
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Comment on: Snow parking becomes tense game - Metro - The Boston Globe
Before a storm, move all cars to a parking garage. City pays the bill for the night as long as people keep cars in garage until city says streets are clear. City plows and removes all snow. would that more »
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Comment on: After the blizzard, a new framework for coastal settlements - Opinion - The Boston Globe
im not sure i think its fair for tax payers to buy homes from people who bought in risky locations. yes, i feel bad for them, but that was their choice to purchase a house on the sand knowing (or den more »
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if you see someone collecting signatures, please help them. Stand with them for 5 minutes and help them by bringing registered voters over to sign the sheet. its down to the wire.
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Comment on: Senator Elizabeth Warren grills regulators, ending quiet first month in office - Nation - The Boston Globe
watch senator warren ask the questions in the above hearing at 1:34:34
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Comment on: Senator Elizabeth Warren grills regulators, ending quiet first month in office - Nation - The Boston Globe
http://www.c-span.org/Events/Senate-Banking-Cmte-Hearing-on-Wall-Street-Reform-Implementation/10737438051-1/
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Comment on: Senator Elizabeth Warren grills regulators, ending quiet first month in office - Nation - The Boston Globe
In 2008, the first vote by congress said the banks were supposed to fail. The help wasn't going to come. Then some backdoor deal happened.(?) They got the money, paid it back. However, there were pe more »
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Comment on: Bipartisanship remains elusive in greenhouse gas initiative - - Boston.com
Republicans invented cap and trade policy to reduce the sulfur dioxide that caused acid rain. It worked very well. Republicans should be part of the solution to reduce co2 emissions. They know co2 is more »
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Comment on: City chefs find big demand for upscale suburban restaurants - Business - The Boston Globe
Parking is sometimes free in the suburbs and there are Mass Pike tolls, making the upscale dining a little more affordable. Heh restauranteurs: check out Framingham! more »
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Comment on: Text of President Obamaâs State of the Union address - Politics - The Boston Globe
I'm very proud to be an American. more »
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Comment on: Massachusetts and 8 other states cut allowed power plant emissions - Metro - The Boston Globe
I encourage everyone to sign up for NSTAR Green. Our electricity comes from wind. We pay about 15.00 more per month for 100% wind. You can also choose 50% wind. http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/0 more »
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Comment on: Medical malpractice: Why is it so hard for doctors to apologize? - - Boston.com
Last weeks episode of Need To Know discussed this topic and a possible solution that is being done in Denmark. It assumes mistakes happen, and allows people to file claims against doctors with the gov more »
And the quote of the day is...." It is based on a more general beer-stimulus theory â the idea that money in the hands of consumers and brewers would flow back into the economy". This is the trickle more »