Hub Blog may be retiring the ‘Drake Maye Bust Watch’ (see post below), but I’m not giving up on the Abundance Watch, i.e. monitoring whether local Dems are capable of standing up to their bases. In this case, it’s standing up to Raise Up Massachusetts, as it attempts to pass yet another massive tax increase in the state. Not satisfied with the recent passage of the millionaire’s tax — which has raised so much tax revenue that lawmakers literally have problems figuring out how to spend it all – the coalition of unions and various ‘advocacy’ groups is now gunning to raise taxes on offshore corporate income, as the Globe’s Jon Chesto reports. … Hey, I’m in favor of closing the income gap between the rich and poor, such as by closing obscene tax loopholes that even President Trump finds troublesome. But not through taxes that harm the state’s economic competitiveness in order to feed government’s voracious appetite for ever more tax money. … Bottom line: Hub Blog is watching you, Dems.