MTA Takes My Words Out of Context
An alert CLT member has sent me a page of MTA Today, the Mass Teachers Association newsletter, opposing Carla Howell’s ballot question for repeal of the state income tax — and MY NAME is taken in vain! It states:
Even Barbara Anderson, director of Citizens for Limited Taxation and the state’s most famous anti-tax activist, recently agreed that the current fiscal situation is dire for cities and towns. She told Commonwealth magazine last fall: “[It’s] not just the usual ‘the sky is falling’ that you hear all the time. This time I think the sky really is going to fall.”
So far, accurately quoted. However, the MTA for some reason neglected to continue my thought.
Commonwealth writes, “Anderson sees it as a spending problem, with communities unable or unwilling to get a handle on things like public employee salaries and benefits”.
I would add today: maybe a yes vote on Carla’s income tax repeal will help communities, and Beacon Hill, get that handle. Without it, duck, here comes the sky.
1 comment July 8th, 2008
