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Speaker 1: They're described as house rich but cash poor. That's why

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Speaker 1: the Mass Senior Action Council is calling on state lawmakers

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Speaker 1: to pass a bill proposed by Mayor Wu to prevent

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Speaker 1: property taxes that could increase as high as thirteen percent

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Speaker 1: next year.

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Speaker 2: One day they will be where we are.

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Speaker 3: We are struggling to make ends meet at the grocery store,

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Speaker 3: at the prescription lines.

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Speaker 1: Seventy nine year old Adonika Chaplin is a retired Boston

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Speaker 1: police officer.

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Speaker 2: Everyone's salary goes up.

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Speaker 3: That works, but what you're retired, you have to make

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Speaker 3: what you get work.

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Speaker 1: The upcoming increase in property taxes is related to the

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Speaker 1: large decline in commercial property taxes. This comes as the

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Speaker 1: value of commercial buildings in the city has dropped since

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Speaker 1: the pandemic. Acity Hall. James Rojas WBZ Boston's SNOOS Radio