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WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 26, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

former GM Framingham plant

 

Or how tax breaks for fat cats relate to a defeat for Harvard management rats

 

“Opportunity” for the few

Gov. Charlie Baker submitted paperwork to the US Department of Treasury last week, according ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: Column, economy, framingham, Gov Charlie Baker, graduate assistant, harvard, Jason Pramas, labor, news, opportunity zones, Politics, poverty, tax breaks, Townie, Trump administration, UAW, union, victory

GENERAL ELECTRIC FAIL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 15, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

Conglomerate’s woes throw Boston HQ deal contradictions into bold relief

 

What a surprise. General Electric is tanking, and the scheme to bring the multinational’s headquarters to Boston is looking worse by the day. And whom shall the public blame if that once-secret deal cut by Gov. Charlie Baker and Mayor Marty Walsh in January 2016 goes south? Potentially ...  read more

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LIMITED DEBATE: BOSTON CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS SOCIALISM AS CORPORATE MEDIA BLOCKS NEEDED DIALOGUE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 13, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

Engage with socialist ideas directly than relying on the straw man version of them set up by the capitalist news media.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Bernie Sanders, Boston, Boston Globe, Boston Socialist Unity Project (BSUP), Charlie Baker, democratic socialism, GE, Immelt, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, socialism, tax breaks, Vijay Prashad

GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 4

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 29, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

General Electric gets away with defrauding municipal governments for untold millions

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: Boston, Charlie Baker, fraud, GE, GE Capital, General Electric, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, tax breaks

GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 2

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 1, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

Gov. Charlie Baker, Mayor Marty Walsh, and boosters like the Boston Globe claim that the investment will be worth it. Yet GE’s record of slashing jobs, despoiling the environment, and evading taxes says otherwise.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Charlie Baker, deal, GE, General Electric, Jason Pramas, Marty Walsh, millions, mortgage crisis, mortgages, subprime, tax breaks

EYES WIDETT SHUT: HOW THE CITY HOLDS THE KEYSTONE FOR BOSTON 2024’S OLYMPIC STADIUM PLANS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 14, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Menino hoped to keep the racks of ribs and crates of seafood fresh from the Atlantic overflowing in the heart of Boston forever.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 121A, Amtrak, Bob Kraft, Boston 2024, Boston Redevelopment Authority, BRA, City of Boston, food packing, John Fish, Marty Walsh, MBTA, New Boston Food Market, New England Patriots, Newmarket, Olympics, Shirley Kressel, tax breaks, Tom Menino, Widett Circle

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