Taxachusetts No More?

City Journal by Daniel J. Flynn | Nov. 1, 2008 (News Analysis)

Thanks to the tenacity of Carla Howell of the Committee for Small Government, voters may be able to eliminate Massachusetts’s income levy through Question 1 of a ballot referendum. In 2002, a similar ballot question asking for the repeal of the income tax earned 45 percent support. Today, with jobs and residents fleeing the economically limping Bay State, the political climate for eliminating the income tax is even more hospitable. Backers also hope that ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business
Topics: Democrats, Taxes
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Posted by: Posted by Roland F. Hirsch - Nov 1, 2008 - 1:45 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Roland F. Hirsch (review), Marsha Iverson (review), Patricia Blochowiak (review)
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Marsha Iverson
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 by Marsha Iverson - Nov. 12, 2008

This is opinion masquerading as analysis. The few facts are couched in a highly-biased narrative that clearly seeks to promote Flynn's ideology without discussing any information from the other side.

Taxation is a touchy subject, and the underlying issues form the core of what kind of nation we are: one that collaborates for the common good, or a geographic region where everyone is on his or her own. Wolf packs and crow colonies have far higher community standards than the state Flynn envisions and advocates.

And after videotapes emerged of county official John Buonomo allegedly stealing from courthouse copy and change machines, Herald columnist Howie Carr quipped that Carla ... More »

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Patricia Blochowiak
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Nov. 12, 2008
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Roland F. Hirsch
3.9
 by Roland F. Hirsch - Nov. 2, 2008

This news analysis reports on a major issue in the current election that has been ignored in most major media. It is carefully researched and provides valuable background going back 60 years to give the context for the current ballot issue.

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