But now I'm a believer.
The Massachusetts Secretary of State certified yesterday that income tax repeal had gotten a sufficient number of signatures to force a November election, eliciting this response:
"In a statement to the News Media, Carla Howell said:
"Governor Deval Patrick, the state legislature, and the Massachusetts Teachers Union no longer control the decision of whether to END the Income Tax. The voters will decide this November 4th."
"Our END the Income Tax Ballot Initiative is the first major tax cut for working class and middle class Massachusetts taxpayers in 28 years. Since Proposition 2 1/2."
If that doesn't get you, this will. They are proposing to not replace the income tax with anything and to simply require government to spend less.
"Ending the Massachusetts Income Tax would roll back the state government spending 39% -- to the 1995 budget.
Between 1990 and 2007, the population of Massachusetts rose from 6 million residents to 6.5 million. In 17 years, the population increased 8.3%.
During the same period, Massachusetts state government spending more than DOUBLED.
During the same period, most city and town government spending also more than DOUBLED.
Reducing state government spending by only 39% leaves the state government more than it needs."
The big government types will go to war on this, but Kentucky should take a lesson. The only way we are going to get our government finances under any kind of control is to cut way back on the spending.
Thanks to Grover Norquist for the heads-up on this.
