Word: dukakises
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Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, who is fond of referring to Massachusetts as "the nation's preeminent education state," may find his education agenda a tough sell with fiscal critics this year, State House insiders said yesterday.
George Bush is not opposed to all killing, especially when talk of frying people can help pull him out of the political fire. During the campaign, he scored big points with his tough stance on capital punishment. He supported it on the stump, in the debates, and through anticrime TV...
When Gov. Michael S. Dukakis lost his bid for the presidency this fall, conventional wisdom put Harvard's popularity about even with the polluted Boston Harbor.
"If the governor's tax proposal does not go through the legislature, human services in the Commonwealth will be in shambles. We'll be back to King administration funding," Johnston said, referring to Dukakis' more conservative predecessor. "I can't believe the legislature will allow that to happen."
The Dukakis tax plan virtually eliminates the capital gains tax reduction and calls for an increase in gasoline, cigarette and alcohol taxes. Critics have lambasted the proposal as unfair to the taxpayer and detrimental to economic growth.