Comments on: Southborough tax rate trends: A cautionary tale http://www.mysouthborough.com/2009/12/08/southborough-tax-rate-trends-a-cautionary-tale/ News and events in Southborough, MA Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:41:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Al Hamilton http://www.mysouthborough.com/2009/12/08/southborough-tax-rate-trends-a-cautionary-tale/#comment-11576 Al Hamilton Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:41:18 +0000 http://www.mysouthborough.com/?p=12966#comment-11576 Unemployment is at 10%, homes in Southborough are in foreclosure, many residents have seen their incomes and assets decline, seniors dependent on Social Security got no increase this year. The New England Economic Project, a group of economists suggests that Mass employment will not return to 2008 levels until 2013. The idea that we must engage in a knee jerk tax increase is cruel. There is substantial inefficiency and waste in the way our local government organizes itself to deliver important services. There are also significant untapped pools of funds ($millions) already collected by town government that can be released to provide relief to hard press tax payers. Until we deal with these important issues we should be expecting tax cuts not increases. Unemployment is at 10%, homes in Southborough are in foreclosure, many residents have seen their incomes and assets decline, seniors dependent on Social Security got no increase this year. The New England Economic Project, a group of economists suggests that Mass employment will not return to 2008 levels until 2013. The idea that we must engage in a knee jerk tax increase is cruel.

There is substantial inefficiency and waste in the way our local government organizes itself to deliver important services. There are also significant untapped pools of funds ($millions) already collected by town government that can be released to provide relief to hard press tax payers.

Until we deal with these important issues we should be expecting tax cuts not increases.

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