Left In Lowell

Acton state Rep Jamie Eldridge (also candidate for the 5th district race) unpresumptuously jumps into comments at the bottom of the tax loophole thread I cross-posed at BMG with an update from his perspective from the House floor:

I wanted to update everyone on what some House members are doing to support closing these loopholes. The House session just ended for the day, but there were lots of conversations today about supporting Governor Patrick’s proposal.
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In addition, we are in direct communication with the advocacy groups like Neighbor to Neighbor on supporting this effort, and emphasizing the need for these revenues to avoid devastating budget cuts.

Finally, this morning at the N. Central Mass Health and Human Services breakfast in Fitchburg, I encouraged all attending service providers to express their support for closing corporate tax loopholes, to help achieve their agenda.

It’s really proactive to think about who would benefit from the extra revenues (or benefit from not getting cut) and linking their bread-and-butter issues to Patrick’s revenue proposal. It hits home that real people will be affected if Sal gets his way so he can pander to the super-large corporations at the expense of the average citizen. We’ve had enough cuts in services in our Commonwealth. It’s time to reverse that trend.