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  • Hitting Home with Megan Driscoll and Becky Coletta; Episode #3

    Hitting Home with Megan Driscoll and Becky Coletta 

    How national politics shape our lives locally! 

     

    Episode 3: Taxes: Slashing spending to save you money? Or are they saving money for wealthiest?

     

    Show links:

    Distribution by income level of tax changes. 

    A Distributional Analysis of Donald Trump’s Tax Plan – ITEP https://itep.org/a-distributional-analysis-of-donald-trumps-tax-plan-2024/

     

    Distribution of tax cuts in Massachusetts.

    GOP-Trump Tax Framework Would Provide Richest One Percent in Massachusetts with 76.0 Percent of the State’s Tax Cuts – ITEP

    https://itep.org/trumpgopplanma/

     

    Extending 2017 Tax Cuts. Impact of 2017 Tax Cuts in MA:

    MassBudget Fed Tax Impact for MA.pdf

    https://massbudget.org/reports/pdf/MassBudget%20Fed%20Tax%20Impact%20for%20MA.pdf 

     

    Demographic breakdowns in Massachusetts

    Massachusetts | Data USA

    https://datausa.io/profile/geo/massachusetts

     

    As top income tax rate dropped, wealth inequality increased

    11 Charts on Taxing the Wealthy and Corporations - Inequality.org

    https://inequality.org/article/11-charts-tax-wealthy-corporations-inequality/

     

    As Their Relative Tax Rate Drops, Top .01% Wealth Share Grows | Tableau Public

    https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/ips.inequality/viz/AsTheirRelativeTaxRateDropsTop_01WealthShareGrows/Dashboard1

     

    How the American middle class has changed in the past five decades | Pew Research Center

    https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/04/20/how-the-american-middle-class-has-changed-in-the-past-five-decades/ 

     

    Meanwhile–watch SALT. Help to MA but more benefit to wealthiest Americans? Cost $1.2 trillion over 10 years?

    SALT Deduction Cap Future: Repeal or Raise Before the 2025 Deadline? | Kiplinger

    https://www.kiplinger.com/taxes/will-the-salt-cap-be-repealed 

    29 min
  • Hitting Home with Megan Driscoll and Becky Coletta; Episode #2

    Hitting Home with Megan Driscoll and Becky Coletta

    How national politics shape our lives locally!

     

    Episode 2:  Medicaid and MassHealth in Massachusetts

    Medicaid funding to MA was $12.7 billion in 2023. In this episode, we talk about potential federal budget cuts to Medicaid and the impact it could have in Massachusetts!

     

    Show Links:

     Medicaid’s insurance plan is known as MassHealth in MA. Medicaid covers 34.8% of children in MA, 62% of people in MA nursing homes, and 55.3% of working-age people with disabilities, as well as other groups of people. Explore more information about Medicaid in Massachusetts and in other states at the KFF website.

    10 Things to Know About Medicaid | KFF

    State Health Facts | KFF

     

    Medicaid by County in MA:

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    The importance of Medicaid on health outcomes for children:

    MH_Impact_Children_brief_FINAL_1.pdf

     

    Massachusetts School-Based Health Alliance:

    Locations — Massachusetts School Based Health Alliance

     

    The White House switchboard can be reached at (202) 456-1414. 

     

    28 min
  • Hitting Home with Megan Driscoll and Becky Coletta; Episode #1

    How national politics shape our lives locally! 

    30% of our State’s income is made up of Federal funding! 

    Episode 1: Education: We are not protected in Massachusetts and here’s why!

    Show links:

    Linda McMahon wrestling and more info about her:

    https://www.tiktok.com/@therecount/video/7439493072368700718

    https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/top-three-reasons-linda-mcmahon-should-not-be-secretary-education

    Understanding vouchers: 

    Truth in Education Funding and Public Funds Public Schools

    How charter school funding currently works in MA: 

    Charter-School-Funding-Explained.pdf

    Mass IDEA grants to each Mass. town

    https://www.doe.mass.edu/grants/entitlement-allocation.aspx?view=code&fy=2025&code=0240

    Mass Title 1 grants to each school district:

    2017-2025 Entitlement and Allocation Grants Federal Programs - Grants and Other Financial Assistance Programs

    Percentage of State Funding from Federal Government (why the State cannot magically fill Federal role):

    Record Federal Grants to States Keep Federal Share of State Budgets High | The Pew Charitable Trusts

    Watch education issues in 2025:

    Play-by-Play 2025 — Truth in Education Funding

    Important Override Info if your town is facing or will be facing:

    Background on Prop 2 ½

    Proposition 2 1/2 overrides & exclusions | Mass.gov

    History of Overrides by town:

    Prop 2.5 Override Underride Votes

    30 min

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