While there is no dearth of wealth in those areas, ordinary folk may be squeezed.

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As I noted in my piece on some New Hampshire lawyers who find themselves having to pay Maine income taxes, multi-state tax issues are a source of aggravation for ordinary regional businesses or even local businesses in areas like New England, where, unless you start in northern Maine and drive south, it is very hard to go an appreciable distance without crossing a state line.

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Although the focus of newspaper headlines was on measures for able children, there was also something for those who worry about standards for the bulk of ordinary students, who might suffer if they are in weak schools or badly run areas.

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And beyond it is a still more alarming thought: suppose English-majority areas in western and southern Quebec were to start taking seriously the idea that what Crees can demand ordinary Anglo-Canadians can too?

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