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...help schools achieve these goals I've proposed increasing the state contribution to the costs of education to a full 50 per cent. This, coupled with the creation of a Massachusetts Educational Foundation to encourage innovation and collaboration between public and private institutions and educational establishments will get public education in this state to the position it must occupy in the '90s--a position of excellence...
...reform, Michael Dukakis also remains silent. Beyond proposing 40 per cent of state growth revenues go to local aid, he hasn't said much. But his silence, at least, makes more sense than Ed King'a mythical surpluses...
This plan increases the sales tax from the current 5 per cent to 6 per cent and broadens it to cover public relations, computer programming, and other business services for the first time. This will allow us to increase local aid by 20 per cent or $300 million over next year's budget, ensuring that police and fire protection are preserved in the cities and towns, and property owners aren't forced into raising taxes on themselves once again...
...generous tax credit of $70 for individuals, $140 for couples will more than offset the effects of the sales tax for most families. Further, to promote investment and savings, the tax on unearned income will be cut from 10 per cent to 5 per cent; the capital gains tax on monies reinvested in Massachusetts will be eliminated; and individuals will be allowed to earn up to $500 in interest on savings, a couple $1000, without paying taxes...
...depression. They are a part of the visual heritage of the Great Depresssion that has survived into the 1980s. They confirm that a new depression is crushing industrial America and industrial workers. In Detroit, the depression stems from the collapse of the automotive industry, which has lost 10 per cent of its market to Japanese competitors over the last three years...