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LETTER: SNAP BENEFITS FOR AMAZON WORKERS

Written by DON SOLOMON Posted April 29, 2021 Filed Under: Letters, NEWS+OPINIONS

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I've been a Dig reader for a long time and read with interest your article on Amazon's low wages being subsidized with SNAP benefits (There's a Cure for Amazon's SNAP Abuse, DigBoston, March 23, 2021).

Filed Under: Letters, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Amazon, analysis, Benefits, labor, SNAP, welfare, worker

POPULAR NOT POPULIST: GOV BAKER CONTINUES TO POLL WELL WITH PEOPLE HE’S SCREWING

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 31, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

There is no area of Massachusetts politics where it is more baffling to contemplate Gov. Charlie Baker’s ongoing popularity in the polls than the annual state budget debate. One can only draw two conclusions from such musing: either people don’t get the budget ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, budget, children, Column, corporation, cuts, Democracy, economy, general court, Gov Charlie Baker, Jason Pramas, legislature, Massachusetts, news, Politics, poor, poverty, public, rich, SSI, veto, wealthy, welfare

STOP BAKER’S ‘MORE SCHOOL COPS AND SURVEILLANCE’ PLAN

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 17, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

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Why the Mass budget surplus is better spent on infrastructure needs

 

Having just been handed an estimated $1 billion budget surplus for the 2018 fiscal year, Gov. Charlie Baker was quick to make a proposal last week to divide up the unexpected spoils.

 

According to  ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, Democracy, economy, education, Gov Charlie Baker, higher education, Jason Pramas, legislature, Massachusetts, news, Politics, public, safety net, supplemental budget, surplus, taxation, transportation, Trump, welfare

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