Word: dukakises
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"I'm not going over [to the State House] just to shake [Dukakis'] hand," said Walsh. "I'll tell him, `We're not going to pay you unless you pay us.'"
Because the council cannot control the payments to the state, councillors amended the proposal to include the invitation to Dukakis.
Yesterday's debate once again raised questions of how the state will deal with this year's budget deficit, which Gov. Michael S. Dukakis' administration last week projected would be at least $100 million by June 30, the end of the fiscal year.
The administration continues to maintain that the solution is Dukakis' proposed $604 million tax hike on capital gains, gasoline, cigarettes, alcohol and long-distance telephone calls. Legislative leaders have said the Dukakis tax package is not being seriously considered.
Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee Richard A. Voke (D-Chelsea), who has flatly rejected the Dukakis proposal, was quick to deny the Republican charge yesterday that his committee's spending proposals were setting the stage for a long-term tax hike.