7:25 for me

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Billerica has some beautiful homes.

Did the kid get high daily in college or the parents?

These transplants are so delirious lol. I love having the conversation of these make believe towns in Massachusetts with the new coworkers.

Right? I've been waiting for a god freeze up so I can get a trailer down to my dad's old shed to get a bunch of equipment out of it and at this rate I'm going to have to wait until summer for everything to dry out before I can do it.

No. State taxes are not taxed.

No. Stimulus wouldn't be distributed fairly. I wouldn't get a dime from this stimulus. I'm ok paying the feds because that's the money I would pay anyway if the ma tax was lower.

There's a lot to be said for going into the trades.

Well it's not much, but hopefully it helps.

Your combination of requirements isn't happening at your budget ($700k).

If you as a parent put in the effort, your kid will do fine in a lower rated school system and still get into a good college. You might find something at that price in Tewksbury, Wilmington, Billerica, Chelmsford, Maynard, Marlborough, etc. Avoid Saugus.

Imagine trying to argue that an Indian tribe isn't "Indian." What lawyer thought that argument was going to go anywhere?

I refuse to believe that 50 degrees is "nice outside"

Should we now be expecting additional 1099 from ma, or should we just look it up in our bank accounts and report it?

Wondering if I should wait or just scrawl it on paper for the accountant. I really want to drop my stuff off already without more waiting.

So you:

• don’t know where you want to live
• haven’t done any of the research yourself re: school etc
• don’t know what houses cost where (an easy search…)
• what is and isn’t a one hour commute radius

Got it.

I work in Cambridge and live in about what you’re seeking, but the level to which you want everyone to do your basic research for you is grand.

It just seems simpler and more efficient to use one method, cut the fat. Use it to fund roads, as well as other services that benefit carless folks, public transportation, etc.

Good luck with that budget.

IM A FOOL, I KNOW NOTHING

I MAY SOUND LIKE A SILLY CLOWN

Ok. what about mandatory public schooling is capitalist? it's actually mandated by the state. I get that late stage capitalism is dysfunctional in a LOT of ways. Either way in capitalism, socialism, communism, totalitarianism your children are your future and benefit from education no matter the system. Yup some kids DO get warehoused in the school system, but they are not working in a mine at 8 years old. They are not working in a limb destroying factory at 9 years old. I live in a pretty goddam left state with an amazing school system that benefits as the people of my state have a LOT of post high school and post baccalaureate education. Educated (smart or otherwise) people also participate in dissent and protest their government. I had classes this big and we all turned out fine. also every class of my childs that was this big also had a teachers aide. Depending where you live and your school district. Class sizes get smaller in middle and high school as well. If your kid is warehoused in a school and is just putzing through the grades and not learning, you have responsibility as a parent for a large part of why that is, not capitalism.

NIMBYs BTFO.

Good.

Doesn’t matter, this is a nothingburger.

The state returned payments to you, so you didn’t pay state tax. Since you didn’t pay the tax, the tax you didn’t pay is now not deductible elsewhere (for the small percentage of people for whom this matters).

I hope the state government refunds even more tax next year. Good that Baker set the precedent for how this must be done which will make it very difficult for Healy to do it another way.

Lmaooo good luck

my son did this, he said no one talked because they were all sleeping...

amazing!

At least it wasn’t Casey.