[nothingnew]

("Anyone whose tax bill goes up feels like it's an increase." - Mass. Governor Deval Patrick, 2/28/07)

If this is a real quote, can you tell me where it came from?

TIA

FMCDH(BITS)

[LostInBayport]

It's a real quote...it's been my tagline ever since I read the article. Here's a couple of paragraphs:

The Boston Globe: Thursday, March 1, 2007

A numbers roadshow By Adrian Walker, Globe Columnist

The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce breakfast yesterday figured to be a skeptical audience for Governor Deval Patrick's first budget, and it was. He got a standing ovation when he took the stage and far more restrained applause when he left it.

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Patrick yesterday ducked the question of whether it is balanced by jacking up taxes on businesses. He is, he says, closing corporate "loopholes." He told me he wasn't inclined to debate what constitutes a tax hike.

"Anyone whose tax bill goes up feels like it's an increase," Patrick said yesterday, a few hours after the speech. "But that's what homeowners have been feeling for years." The budget also resolves the whopping $1.3 billion deficit left by the Romney administration.