[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

[Fiddlstix]

Bump

[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 !

[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.

[ppaul]

Taxachusetts voters routinely elect Ted Kennedy, Barney Frank, et al, ad nauseaum.
They love BIG government.
They support government schools which sponsor some of the most perverse instruction in sexual deviancy to children, ala Fistgate.

I am afraid this noble initiative will fail at the ballot box.

[Loopy]

I e-mailed your post to Jay Severin.

[MistrX]

I live in So Cal, where we pass plenty of ballot initiatives. Every initiative passed that has offended the P.C. crowd, has been shopped out to a liberal judge, who finds the new law either illegal or unconstitutional.

[codder too]

I know Carla. She's bright. Don't think this initiative has a prayer though. She is in the wrong State, but maybe the idea will be picked up elsewhere.

[Congressman Billybob]

Phil,

This is in your backyard. Is it true that all the Massachusetts media have failed to report this story? Qualifying for the ballot is a big deal. The issue, of making the income tax illegal, is even bigger. Recall that the US Constitution made the income tax illegal, which is why it took a constitutional amendment to install that tax nationwide.

This is going to be a bloody battle. The "public service" unions are going to go apesh*t on this issue. Expect stories about the elderly being forced to eat cat food, children shivering in their cold homes because their schools are closed, no more firemen, no more police. you get the idea.

Plus, the whereas clauses in this Initiative make much more interesting reading than in most such efforts.

Enjoy. And share the news with the audience in radioland. You can remind them that 22 states have the initiative process in their own constitutions, so if they don't want any more state income taxes, they can vote on it. In the other 28 states, they have to demand that the initiative be PUT INTO their Constitutions.

This is another subject that you might share with the Radio Talk Show Hosts Association.

Congressman Billybob

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[Dutchy]

Mass. tax news bump!!! Let me know if you get this bimmer...

[Demidog]

The only party actively attempting to shrink government is the Libertarian party. Period. The GOP is actively trying to explode the federal and state governments. To say they are the party of limited government is to make one of the funniest jokes one could make excepting of course if you were to substitute GOP for DNC.

[SamAdams76]

I'll tell you why it will get no coverage. Because the mainstream media are beholden to the politicians in power and they are scared to death of what might happen if the common people (that's you and me) realized how easy it is to repeal these taxes.

BTW, I voted for Carla Howell in the last election and hope to get the opportunity to vote for her again. I will certainly be voting for this ballot initiative as well.

[pcl]

I can not believe that Taxachusetts would abandon income tax. It has been a long traditon with that state that goes back to the days when they tossed some tea into the harbor.

It is ironic that our one of the very issues that started the Revolution is now so loved by the same people's ancestors.