{"id":18466,"date":"2014-10-19T11:11:26","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T15:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=18466"},"modified":"2014-10-19T11:12:32","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T15:12:32","slug":"a-vision-for-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2014\/10\/19\/a-vision-for-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"A Vision for Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Coakley Campaign Web Site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marthacoakley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Coakley&#8217;s campaign web site<\/a> has a video <a title=\"The video on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k-IkzZR2TGg\" target=\"_blank\">A Vision for Massachusetts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A Vision for Massachusetts<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts has been through difficult economic times, and many are still struggling. But the tough, smart, resilient, people of this Commonwealth can and will build a better future together. Our state is poised to take off. We must continue to rebuild our economy in a way that gives everyone the opportunity to succeed and attain the skills they need to compete in a global economy. That&#8217;s why Martha\u2019s running for Governor, and she\u2019s ready to lead and to earn your support.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: thick ridge #009900;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/k-IkzZR2TGg?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<pre>\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>I also received an email that had a comparison chart of Coakley vs. Baker.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Coakley-vs-Baker-Page1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18467\" src=\"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Coakley-vs-Baker-Page1.jpg\" alt=\"Comparison of Coakley and Baker\" width=\"95%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Coakley-vs-Baker-Page1.jpg 517w, https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Coakley-vs-Baker-Page1-103x150.jpg 103w, https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Coakley-vs-Baker-Page1-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>One particular item addressed one of my hot button issues that I discussed with Martha Coakley at a house party in Sturbridge.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Has an economic development plan that focuses on building from the ground up, not hoping that tax breaks for businesses will trickle down.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I looked at her published economic plan <a href=\"http:\/\/webiva-downton.s3.amazonaws.com\/777\/3c\/d\/4126\/OURTERMSECONOMICSTRATEGY.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">On Our Terms: An Economic Strategy for a Prosperous and Fair Commonwealth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This plan has quite a few initiatives to foster growth of jobs and businesses in Massachusetts, none of which include giving away huge tax breaks to wealthy companies and individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Martha Coakley understands that Massachusetts has huge advantages for companies. These advantages make them want to relocate in Massachusetts. We don&#8217;t need to pay them to come here.  The taxes we don&#8217;t give away to companies to entice them to come can be used instead to invest in the advantages that make them want to come here.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You might also be interested in the second page of the comparison that I showed above.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Coakley-vs-Baker-Page21.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Coakley-vs-Baker-Page21.jpg\" alt=\"Page 2 of Coakley\/Baker comparison\" width=\"95%\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Coakley-vs-Baker-Page21.jpg 535w, https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Coakley-vs-Baker-Page21-105x150.jpg 105w, https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Coakley-vs-Baker-Page21-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<pre>\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martha Coakley&#8217;s campaign web site has a video A Vision for Massachusetts. A Vision for Massachusetts Massachusetts has been through difficult economic times, and many are still struggling. But the tough, smart, resilient, people of this Commonwealth can and will build a better future together. Our state is poised to take off. We must continue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-stevegsposts","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18466"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18474,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18466\/revisions\/18474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}