October 17, 2010

Telegram says YES on 1

Story here.

The gist of it is that "No reason to trust Legislature on tax use."   There are many opponents of question 1, who like to say how that these monies are earmarked to fund programs to help those addicted to drugs or alcohol.   As the Telegram points out the Legislature does not have a good track history when it comes to follow through on promises like that:
  1. Cigarette Settlement
  2. Fuel Tax
The Legislature facing multi-billion-dollar budget gaps, do you really think this money would not be tapped into?    In addition the sale of alcohol already has very high excise taxes, why not dedicate a portion of those monies to fund addiction services.
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1 comment:

David Z. said...

Today's Boston Herald is also urging a yes vote on question 1.

Want to make a bet the Boston Globe (Democrat) will come out supporting a no vote.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/editorials/view/20101017yes_on_question_1/