"Why on earth would we ever send a message to airport
personnel that we don’t want you in Massachusetts? And
don’t think for a minute that businesses aren’t looking
where they can save a buck, because they are. The economy is weak,
not only in Massachusetts, but across the nation ... and if that
buck means leaving Massachusetts they will."
Source: Massachusetts State Representative Brad
Hill of Ipswich. The state's House of Representatives Monday voted
to eliminate the state's five-year-old sales tax exemption on
aircraft sales, parts, and maintenance. Many representatives
apparently believe, like Governor Deval Patrick, that the 40
percent increase in aircraft based in Massachusetts over the last
five years is just coinciden