Word: dukakises
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Public higher education in Massachusetts has fallen on hard times, but a budget proposed by Gov. Michael S. Dukakis for fiscal 1990 could prevent the situation from worsening, education officials said this week.
In a hearing of the legislative Committee on Education last week on Dukakis' budget proposal, officials called the governor's plan a "subsistence" budget that would prolong but stabilize the fiscal problems of the last two years.
The Dukakis budget plans come in the wake of negative reaction to the governor's proposal for a $604 million tax hike for next year. The tax plan would raise revenue by increasing taxes on alcohol, cigarettes and capital gains.
Lacking support from even his most staunch legislative allies, Dukakis recently launched a statewide campaign to generate support for the tax plan. But legislative leaders have adamantly insisted that the public will not tolerate tax hikes.
Dukakis' surprise announcement last month that he would not seek reelection in 1990 has sent prospective governors from both parties scrambling for attention, money and organization.