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MassBudget elects civic leaders, Segun Idowu and Imari K. Paris Jeffries, to its Board to advance antiracist policy in the Commonwealth

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For Immediate Release Contact: Reginauld Williams, Communications Director 617-426-1228, x 102, rwilliams@massbudget.org BOSTON — February 22, 2021 — The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, a leading policy think tank, today announced the appointment of two prominent civic leaders to its board of directors: Segun Idowu, Executive Director of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts (BECMA), …

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Black Lives and the Pursuit of Racial and Economic Justice

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This country was built upon racist ideas and policies that we must all work deliberately to undo every day. These policies, such as Jim Crow laws, residential redlining, inequitable school funding, lack of access to GI bill benefits, and more have brought deep harms to Black and Brown communities. Last week our staff and board took …

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How Should Mass. Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis?

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We Must Provide Robust Economic Relief and Recovery for Vulnerable Populations and Children in Massachusetts Policy is the lever that we can pull to bring collective well-being and economic security to the Commonwealth. We are in an unprecedented moment, one which is bringing our interconnectedness into stark focus. A moment in which our public goods are being put to …

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Statement Against Decoupling from IRC Provisions Governing Business Interest Expense Deductibility (163(j)) and the Taxation of GILTI

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In 2017, the federal government adopted the Tax Cuts and Job Act (TCJA), giving very large tax cuts to corporations. Nationwide, businesses had their annual federal taxes cut by some $140 billion. (Given the relative size of our state economy, this likely translates into a tax cut for corporations doing business in Massachusetts of around …

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