I think we can do a little predictive politics on this item and say that Healy will use this as a way to tag Deval as wild spending liberal. They will totally ignore the current state of the infrastucture across the state and the virtual … [Read more...]
Commission: Increase tolls and gas tax
Healey, from the most recent debate:I can tell you that we can do the tax rollback and we can also do the things you want to do Deval.She can tell us, folks. ... If we raise the gas tax and tolls!A special state commission is expected to … [Read more...]
Tax rollback will kill infrastructure, state’s economy
Part of Healey's "Free Beer!" strategy is to simply assert that an income tax cut can be had at no noticeable cost to the quality of life or economy in Massachusetts. Just keep saying it, and it'll come true, right? You can have it … [Read more...]
On the subject of taxes
First a little background. Article 44 of the Massachusetts state constitution states that the same class of income must be taxed at the same rate, creating a Steve Forbes utopia right here in "Taxachusetts." A constitutional amendment … [Read more...]
No “yeah but” — respect the ballot
The official result of the popular vote on the referendum, duly counted and certified, was to lower taxes to 5%, right or wrong. There wasnt an "if...then" option on the ballot. Nowhere on my ballot did it say "yeah but." … [Read more...]
Tim Cahill: An endorsement that matters
MA Treasurer Tim Cahill endorsed Deval Patrick yesterday. Stop me if you've heard this one before:"I understand as the state's CFO that this is not the time to cut the income tax," Cahill said. "Cutting the income tax today is going to … [Read more...]
What Deval Patrick has actually said about the tax rollback – last night, and before
We thought it might be useful to see what Deval Patrick actually said last night, since the press is reporting only very brief snippets. So we asked the campaign if they had a transcript. And they do:All right. Were … [Read more...]
Globe editors should really read their own paper
This is what Deval Patrick said: "I think we can get to a point where we can roll back the income tax," he said. "It's not about today. It's not about never. It's about being realistic."Democrats spar over Big Dig, taxes at governor … [Read more...]
Taxes: Don’t confuse politics with policy
Fact: 57% of Democrats favor lowering the income tax rate. What do you suppose the numbers are for those unenrolled voters who we need to win in November?Fact: In 2000, voters approved an income tax cut to 5% by an overwhelming … [Read more...]
Gabrieli’s “comparative” ad on taxes
If you haven't seen it yet, you can watch Chris Gabrieli's much-ballyhooed new ad, in which Gabrieli criticizes the immediate tax rollback position of Tom Reilly and Kerry Healey as an "election-year promise," and Deval Patrick's … [Read more...]
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