said by karlmarx :

I say it's time to retroactively tax verizon for the 20 billion they have stolen from us, and use the money to wire EVERY home in the state. there are about 300 towns in MA. I can guarantee you that every town could wire every house with the 80 million each town would get. It's time to stand up, and take back what is rightfully ours from the fat cat megacorps.

said by jslik :

How can you steal something legally given to you? Your idea would be thrown out of every court in the land.

said by John_W :

Verizon is just one of many who do not have to pay property tax on properties they own. I feel that the Non-Profit exemption is one that needed to go a long time ago.

There are Non-Profit hospitals all over the state that have annual revenues of a billion dollars and up. None of which pay one cent in property taxes on any of those big expensive buildings, land, and all that expensive equipment inside.

said by dynodb :

Don't assume that you are responding to a rational person. You're not. karlmarx is only useful for providing an unintentionally amusing self-parodying of the extreme left.

said by dynodb :

Right, because adding additional expense to the health care system is exactly what this country needs!

said by karlmarx :

Verizon has a 50 million dollar tax break, every year, since 1915.