Small Government Act to End the Income Tax Qualifies for Ballot (In Massachusetts)

http://www.smallgovernmentact.org/ (by way of a Carla Howell Email) ^ | 11/9/2001 | LPMA

[Fixit]

I searched and searched and I was unable to find any mainstream coverage of this story, so I am posting information from Carla Howell's web page.

This is huge. Tax-achusetts voters will have the opportunity in November 2002 to get rid of their state's income tax.

I just cannot figure out why this has not seen any coverage. Does the media not want people to get too comfortable with this idea? Are larger parties ticked that the Libertarians actually got around to doing something about the income tax?

Why no coverage? Thoughts?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Meanwhile here in Tennessee, the RINO governor and the usual liberals are pushing for a state income tax as if it was the cure to everything.

[nocommies]

i live in massachusetts, this will pass, then after alllll the scare tactics and deluge of homeless dying sick starving kids on the streets of our cold winters, it will be thrown out and declared unconstitutional. massachusetts is a sorrrrry state, but ms howell is a hero!

[bimmer]

bump from the people's republic of amherst. p.s. send this to massnews.com

[Marianne]

Sorry to disagree with you. The good citizens of Massachusetts will overwhelmingly defeat this proposed initiative.

[Fiddlstix]

Bump

[Fixit]

Sighting mentioned a while back that they had over 100,000 raw signatures. I guess I will drop them a note about the filing.

[Little Bill]

This election promisis to more entertaining than most, AX THE TAX FOR THE CHILDREN

[bimmer]

go for it! Ed Pawlick, massnews editor, really appreciates these news tips!

[michaelje]

Why no coverage?

You think the Boston Globe is going to cover this story ? They are frantic that giving this any publicity will result in voters approving the measure. This translates into less welfare benefits, less abortion benefits, and less government spending. All elements that the paper's management thrives on.

Hip hip hooray, for my peoples republic of Massachusetts !

[BansheeBill]

Sorry to disagree with you. The good citizens of Massachusetts will overwhelmingly defeat this proposed initiative.

They probably will....just like they voted to keep paying some of the nations highest tolls to drive on the Mass Turnpike, tolls that apparently will be going WAY UP soon.
The teachers and other public employees unions will FLOOD television, radio, and the mail with tales of schools going down the drain and losing their accredidation and people's property values plumetting and the demo voter majority in Mass will listen to their Union bosses and vote against this. I'll bet just about every teacher will work phone banks to repeatedly call every voter with "scare" messages.

[Little Bill]

The good citizens of Massachusetts will overwhelmingly defeat this proposed initiative

Possible, but Mass is a funny place, the socalists pratice here before the unlesh their propaganda on the rest of the world. The socalists have not been able to pass an override of prop 2 1/2 in my town in the close to 20 years that I have lived here, for any reason.

Money issues mean a big voter turn out watch Gavin and it doesn't get any bigger than this.

[DoughtyOne]

We in California need to go to school on this project. We could use the same tactics out here! I love it!

[andy58-in-nh]

Prior to moving to New Hampshire, I lived in Massachusetts for 10 years. During that time, and since, I have been a close observer of the Bay State's political environment. So please trust me when I tell you that the reason you've heard nothing about the "Small Government Act" is becuse it has about as much chance of becoming law as Osama Bin Laden has of winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

And if by some miracle, the citizens of the Commonwealth were to approve this ballot act (over the loud objections of every "public interest" group ("But what about the Children?", and state employee's unions ("But what about my relatives?"), you have to know that the Legislature will find some way to kill or disregard it. So, Happy Holidays--but still keep both hands on your wallet.

[Little Bill]

Got Howies fax number?

[andy58-in-nh]

That would be 617.779.3467 or email howiecarr@wrko.com.

[Fixit]

Thanks for the idea. I sent out a note!

[Fixit]

So, Happy Holidays--but still keep both hands on your wallet.

Heck, I live in Connecticut, so I am forbidden by law to keep my hands on my wallet. I know that this will face many challenges, but initiatives have been very successful out west for years now, and maybe the broad based appeal of this will make it hard to challenge.

I just thought of yet another reason this will not see much support. Though they talk a good game, most politicians owe their careers to spending other peoples' money. They just could not risk losing such a delicious high quality, easy, pre-installed money machine like the income tax.