Author: Global Insight
This study shows that, on average, Massachusetts firms have costs 20-30% higher than similar companies in Texas, North Carolina, and New Hampshire in nine key industries. As a result, average after-tax profit levels in those states are about twice as high as in Massachusetts. Doing business in nearby Rhode Island is also cheaper in most of these industries, leading to profit levels that are about 25% greater there. In fact, the only states in this study over which the Bay State has a competitive advantage are New Jersey and New York, where costs are typically 5% and 15% higher, respectively.
Author: Global Insight
This study shows that, on average, Massachusetts firms have costs 20-30% higher than similar companies in Texas, North Carolina, and New Hampshire in nine key industries. As a result, average after-tax profit levels in those states are about twice as high as in Massachusetts. Doing business in nearby Rhode Island is also cheaper in most of these industries, leading to profit levels that are about 25% greater there. In fact, the only states in this study over which the Bay State has a competitive advantage are New Jersey and New York, where costs are typically 5% and 15% higher, respectively.
This paper will review Statement 45’s potential impact on governments and review existing disclosures in financial reports as well as bond offering statements. The paper will discuss the Statement’s impact on budgets and governmental operations, including collective bargaining. Funding options under Statement 45 will be detailed, including the advantages and disadvantages of irrevocable trusts and OPEB bonds. The paper will also discuss the impact of Medicare Part D subsidies received by governments, as well as the bond rating implications of policy decisions surrounding OPEB. Finally, the paper will discuss case law that has already come before state courts related to restructuring of benefits.
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“She’s a good girl. She helps me a lot. She has big, big dreams. I don’t have the money, but she has big dreams. I hope she’s going to get everything, but she works so hard. She works so hard in school.”
“Our family is needing to make some really big sacrifices because we believe this is important, and so, we’re basically going to do whatever it takes… Sometimes we look at each other and go ‘I don’t know if I can do it again another month…’”
“A lot of the families have to sacrifice and work multiple jobs… And just scraping together enough money to just make tuition, just the basics.”
“It is discriminatory, that parents who want to choose an alternative to public school for their children, would not in any way receive any compensation for that, whether it be tax credit, whether it be a voucher…”
In the 1840s, nativist movement leaders formed official political parties and local chapters of the national Native American Party (later the American Party), although they continued to be commonly known as the Know-Nothing Party. Politicians sought to insert provisions into state constitutions against Catholics who refused to renounce the pope. The Know-Nothing movement brought bigotry and hatred to a new level of violence and organization.
The party’s legacy endured in the post-Civil War era, with laws and constitutional amendments it supported, still today severely limiting parents’ educational choices. A federal constitutional amendment was proposed by Speaker of the House James Blaine prohibiting money raised by taxation in any State to be under the control of any religious sect; nor shall any money so raised or lands so devoted be divided between religious sects or denominations. These were then named the Blaine Amendments of 1875.
in recent decades, often in response to challenges to school choice programs, the U.S. Supreme Court has demonstrated great interest in examining the issues of educational alternatives and attempts limit parental options. Massachusetts plays a key role in this debate. The Bay State was a key center of the Know-Nothing movement and has the oldest version of Anti-Aid Amendments in the nation, as well as a second such amendment approved in 1917. Two-fifths of Massachusetts residents are Catholic, and its Catholic schools outperform the state’s public schools, which are the best in the nation.
Author: Global Insight
This study shows that, on average, Massachusetts firms have costs 20-30% higher than similar companies in Texas, North Carolina, and New Hampshire in nine key industries. As a result, average after-tax profit levels in those states are about twice as high as in Massachusetts. Doing business in nearby Rhode Island is also cheaper in most of these industries, leading to profit levels that are about 25% greater there. In fact, the only states in this study over which the Bay State has a competitive advantage are New Jersey and New York, where costs are typically 5% and 15% higher, respectively.
Author: Global Insight
This study shows that, on average, Massachusetts firms have costs 20-30% higher than similar companies in Texas, North Carolina, and New Hampshire in nine key industries. As a result, average after-tax profit levels in those states are about twice as high as in Massachusetts. Doing business in nearby Rhode Island is also cheaper in most of these industries, leading to profit levels that are about 25% greater there. In fact, the only states in this study over which the Bay State has a competitive advantage are New Jersey and New York, where costs are typically 5% and 15% higher, respectively.
This paper will review Statement 45’s potential impact on governments and review existing disclosures in financial reports as well as bond offering statements. The paper will discuss the Statement’s impact on budgets and governmental operations, including collective bargaining. Funding options under Statement 45 will be detailed, including the advantages and disadvantages of irrevocable trusts and OPEB bonds. The paper will also discuss the impact of Medicare Part D subsidies received by governments, as well as the bond rating implications of policy decisions surrounding OPEB. Finally, the paper will discuss case law that has already come before state courts related to restructuring of benefits.
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Measuring Up? The Cost of Doing Business in Massachusetts
/0 Comments/in Economic Opportunity, Press Releases, Press Releases: Economic Opportunity /by Editorial StaffAuthor: Global Insight
This study shows that, on average, Massachusetts firms have costs 20-30% higher than similar companies in Texas, North Carolina, and New Hampshire in nine key industries. As a result, average after-tax profit levels in those states are about twice as high as in Massachusetts. Doing business in nearby Rhode Island is also cheaper in most of these industries, leading to profit levels that are about 25% greater there. In fact, the only states in this study over which the Bay State has a competitive advantage are New Jersey and New York, where costs are typically 5% and 15% higher, respectively.
Measuring Up? The Cost of Doing Business in Massachusetts
Measuring Up? The Cost of Doing Business in Massachusetts
/0 Comments/in Economic Opportunity, Press Releases, Press Releases: Economic Opportunity /by Editorial StaffAuthor: Global Insight
This study shows that, on average, Massachusetts firms have costs 20-30% higher than similar companies in Texas, North Carolina, and New Hampshire in nine key industries. As a result, average after-tax profit levels in those states are about twice as high as in Massachusetts. Doing business in nearby Rhode Island is also cheaper in most of these industries, leading to profit levels that are about 25% greater there. In fact, the only states in this study over which the Bay State has a competitive advantage are New Jersey and New York, where costs are typically 5% and 15% higher, respectively.
Measuring Up? The Cost of Doing Business in Massachusetts
Unfunded Public Employee Health Care Benefits and GASB 45
/0 Comments/in Regulations and Permitting, Unfunded Liabilities /by Eric Berman and Elizabeth KeatingThis paper will review Statement 45’s potential impact on governments and review existing disclosures in financial reports as well as bond offering statements. The paper will discuss the Statement’s impact on budgets and governmental operations, including collective bargaining. Funding options under Statement 45 will be detailed, including the advantages and disadvantages of irrevocable trusts and OPEB bonds. The paper will also discuss the impact of Medicare Part D subsidies received by governments, as well as the bond rating implications of policy decisions surrounding OPEB. Finally, the paper will discuss case law that has already come before state courts related to restructuring of benefits.
Download Report: The Elephant in the Room: NO. 32 • July 2006 Unfunded Public Employee Health Care Benefits and GASB 45