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Cambridge, MA Set to Pay Gay Employees More Than Straight

The city of Cambridge, Massachusetts will start paying its gay employees a stipend so it can offset an unequal federal tax. When the city of Cambridge issues paychecks to its public employees, 22 gay workers find a federal tax on their income that their heterosexual colleagues don't have to pay. Like many people, these school and city workers chose to put their spouses on their employer-provided health insurance. Because they're in a homosexual relationship, the federal government taxes that health coverage. Click here to read more.
 
 



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