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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-13-08 03:37 PM
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Mass. GOP leaders oppose no-tax Question 1
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BOSTON -- The Massachusetts Republican Party is so concerned with excessive state spending, it publicized Sen. James Marzilli's $160 daily salary to complain that he remained on the payroll after being charged with accosting four women.

Sen. Richard Tisei and Rep. Bradley Jones, the Republican leaders in the Senate and House, support tax cuts and constantly complain about a state budget that's grown 43 percent in a decade, from $19.5 billion in fiscal 1999 to $28 billion for fiscal 2009.

Yet, when it comes to Question 1, the fall ballot initiative that proposes to cut state spending by eliminating the income tax, the GOP and its leading lawmakers don't have a knee-jerk reaction.

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The question -- sponsored by Libertarian Carla Howell -- proposes to eliminate taxes on wages, interest, dividends and capital gains. The current 5.3 percent rate would be phased out by cutting it in half on Jan. 1, 2009, and eliminating it altogether a year later. Supporters say that would give 3 million taxpayers an average of $3,600 annually.

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