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The 'Taxachusetts' label was applied around 10 years ago and has
stuck, even though I've read that many states have caught up to and
surpassed Mass. in that regard. I have no numbers to prove it one way
or the other, but I think living here is worth my taxes.

Nancy

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Nancy Paisner                           email: nancy -at- hi -dot- com
Hitachi Computer Products               voice: (617) 890-0444
Waltham, MA.                            fax:   (617) 890-4998
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> Honest to God. I mean, *the* happeningest place for TW's doing
> computer-industry tech. writing is probably Silicon Valley -- which makes
> obvious sense. But *Massacheussetts*?

> No offense intended to Massacheussetians (sp?), but I'm trying to figure
> out what attracts high-tech industry to this particular state. I was
> considering a position in NH last year and asked for feedback; a couple
of
> people referred to Mass. as "Taxacheussetts," apparently because of
> high...income tax rates? Sales tax rates?

> I'm guessing industries fare better, taxation-wise, than individuals in
> Mass. Or maybe it's something completely unrelated, perhaps just a
> inexplicable trend (one company settles or relocates there, others get
> ideas, snowball effect). Anyone?

> For those interested, the servers I was perusing are:

> The Monster Board: http://www.monster.com (graphical Websurfers may want
> to turn off auto-downloading off inline graphics for this one)

> E-Span: http://www.espan.com (I think)

> These are two of the better-known ones, but they're just the *tip of the
> iceberg* with respect to Web-based job-related sites. A search of the
> well-known Lycos Web databse for "job" would, I think, prove interesting
> indeed.


> PatO'
> titanide -at- micro -dot- org