Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Boston Tax Party - WSJ.com
I'd like to see this referendum approved, if for no other reason than to see if it could be done and what the politicians do to adjust to it.
I'm sure there would be many "essential" services denied before cutting the bloat is even considered.
If it works out, it could be a rallying call across the country to remind politicians that the citizens are in charge. Wouldn't that be nice?...
I'm sure there would be many "essential" services denied before cutting the bloat is even considered.
If it works out, it could be a rallying call across the country to remind politicians that the citizens are in charge. Wouldn't that be nice?...
This Wall Street Journal article discusses the issues:
"Massachusetts is about the last place one would expect a tax revolt, but that's what's brewing in Beantown. The state board of elections recently certified that citizen activists have gathered the 125,000 signatures required to qualify an initiative for the November ballot to eliminate the state income tax.
The Small Government Act would repeal the 5.3% income and wage tax, as well as the state capital gains tax, which reaches as high as 12%. The ballot initiative would replace the $12.5 billion in taxes with . . . nothing. 'One of the points here,' explains Carla Howell of the Committee for Small Government that is driving the referendum, 'is to force the state legislators to start cutting the bloated state budget.' The political shock of having no income tax would force the pols on Beacon Hill to make the difficult spending choices they now refuse to make."
