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...Barrett, a government concentrator, graduated magna cum laude. He began his service in the state House of Representatives in 1979. And since 1987, Barrett has represented Belmont, Watertown and parts of Cambridge and Boston in the State Senate. He presently chairs the Senate Health Care Committee...
...Barrett has called Massachusetts' "insecure, high-anxiety economy" the campaign's most important issue...
Consequently, Barrett has proposed several measures designed to aid small businesses in Massachusetts including tax credits for job training, government support for businesses attempting to meet international standards and promotion of exports. To the latter end, he supports the North American Free Trade Agreement...
...Barrett insists he still supports some more traditional progressive ideals of the Democratic party including the graduate income...
...candidate for governor, I am stating insistently that Democrats must chart a new course," Barrett says. "But Democrats must remain true to our commitment to working people and to the middle class. That means support for a decent degree of tax fairness...