{"id":2290,"date":"2010-10-02T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2010-10-02T08:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=2290"},"modified":"2010-10-02T08:00:24","modified_gmt":"2010-10-02T08:00:24","slug":"if_you_live_in_massachusetts_t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=2290","title":{"rendered":"If You LIve In Massachusetts, This Is Where Your Tax Money Goes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t mean to ruin anyone&#8217;s Saturday, but the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/projects\/your_tax_dollars.bg?src=State#page=1&amp;results_per_page=20&amp;order_by=earnings%20desc&amp;src=State&amp;action=get_data&amp;payroll_search=&amp;department_name=\">Boston Herald<\/a>&nbsp;has posted a list of the Massachusetts state payroll as of March 2010.&nbsp; I don&#8217;t want to post details here, but if your blood pressure can handle it, you need to follow the link.&nbsp; The posted salaries in many cases are quite reasonable, but the actual earnings appear to be out of control.&nbsp; The state pensions are based on actual earnings, and those pensions are an unfunded liability.<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts is traditionally a one-party state.&nbsp; The Democrat party has been in control of the state for a very long time.&nbsp; It is time for a change.&nbsp; The Republican candidates&nbsp;(and Tea Party candidates running as Republicans) this year are qualified and determined to clean up the political mess on Beacon Hill.&nbsp; The&nbsp;Republican candidates&nbsp;who are running are experienced business people who are well qualified for the jobs they seek.&nbsp; I am not suggesting that you blindly vote for anyone who is a Republican, but I am suggesting that you check out the qualifications of your local Republican candidates and see if you are willing to vote for change on Beacon Hill.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t mean to ruin anyone&#8217;s Saturday, but the Boston Herald&nbsp;has posted a list of the Massachusetts state payroll as of March 2010.&nbsp; I don&#8217;t want to post details here, but if your blood pressure can handle it, you need &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=2290\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}