What can we do?
Based on the current political situation there is a good chance that the retroactive tax increase can be reversed if there is enough of a backlash.
If each of us does all of the following it will have a huge impact:
1) Call, visit, and write to your State Representative and Senator. Also have your spouse do all of the above.
Here is a list of legislators by city or town. It also includes links to the legislator’s web site which has phone number, address, and other information. If there are several for your city or town and you aren’t sure which precinct you’re in, you can call your town clerk to find out. Or, follow the instructions here to find out using your street address.
Make sure to say that you are in favor of repealing the retroactive capital gains tax, and you support the Governor’s amendment to HB 4169. The Citizens Against Retroactive Taxation web site www.noretrotax.org has a lot of good information about what to say when you call and how to get your legislator to respond. I recommend it.
Follow up phone calls with a written letter. Here is a link to proper form when writing letters to legislators.
2) Make your opinion and situation known to the media. Write letters to the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, all of your local papers, and any other media outlets you can think of. Also call in to talk radio.
Letters to the Globe must be 200 words or less and can be submitted using this form.
Letters to the Herald can be emailed to oped@bostonherald.com and should include name, full address, and phone number (only name and town are published -- the rest is for verification).
3) Contact everyone you know who might be affected by this tax or who might be sympathetic. Encourage them to do all of the above actions and visit this BLOG for updates.
If each of us does all of the following it will have a huge impact:
1) Call, visit, and write to your State Representative and Senator. Also have your spouse do all of the above.
Here is a list of legislators by city or town. It also includes links to the legislator’s web site which has phone number, address, and other information. If there are several for your city or town and you aren’t sure which precinct you’re in, you can call your town clerk to find out. Or, follow the instructions here to find out using your street address.
Make sure to say that you are in favor of repealing the retroactive capital gains tax, and you support the Governor’s amendment to HB 4169. The Citizens Against Retroactive Taxation web site www.noretrotax.org has a lot of good information about what to say when you call and how to get your legislator to respond. I recommend it.
Follow up phone calls with a written letter. Here is a link to proper form when writing letters to legislators.
2) Make your opinion and situation known to the media. Write letters to the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, all of your local papers, and any other media outlets you can think of. Also call in to talk radio.
Letters to the Globe must be 200 words or less and can be submitted using this form.
Letters to the Herald can be emailed to oped@bostonherald.com and should include name, full address, and phone number (only name and town are published -- the rest is for verification).
3) Contact everyone you know who might be affected by this tax or who might be sympathetic. Encourage them to do all of the above actions and visit this BLOG for updates.
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