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Governor Foster Furcolo has proposed a more sweeping solution: imposition of a limited sales tax throughout the state. Receipts from this three per cent levy would be redistributed to the cities and towns of the commonwealth. In an effort to win Boston support for his proposal, Furcolo developed his program of redistribution so that the city would receive more than a generous share. It was said that such an indirect subsidy to Boston could cut the real estate levy--now $101.20--by as much as $20, a considerable improvement if possible...
Despite the obvious attraction of Furcolo's proposal for Boston members of the legislature, Powers bitterly attacked the sales tax idea, and threw his 28 years of political savvy into the fight. It was not passed. And when the Governor tried several times to revive his proposal, Powers' opposition and the natural reluctance of other congressmen to impose new taxes killed...
Collins too favors radical economies. Poetically, he demands that the city eliminate "the drones, the fakers, the coffee-break takers." In addition, however, Collins has taken the politically dangerous position of endorsing a sales-tax program similar to that proposed by Governor Furcolo and defeated through the efforts of Senator Powers. In his campaign speeches, Collins has reiterated this idea constantly: even with the most rigid economies possible in the city government's operation, only a few dollars could be saved; additional revenue--i.e. the sales tax--alone can and must be found to reduce the tax rate...
...doubled tuition, from $100 to $200 for state residents, to make the pay hike possible. Massachusetts actually profited by the change. Some additional $644,000 would have been obtained, and only $479,000 disbursed to the faculty. Bill 1030, the pay-raise proposal, seemed certain of passage. Governor Foster Furcolo deliberated a special message ("high quality public education is the Commonwealth's greatest natural resource"); President Mather stumped the state and appeared before the powerful Committee on Education; and students rallied to the support of the bill...
...student body quickly rallied to support their professors and their president. An effigy bearing the sign, "John Powers--Traitor" went up in flames (an apology was filed the next day), and a group of students drove the 100 miles to Boston to picket the state capitol. Governor Furcolo filed a special message with the legislature on August 24 which forced reconsideration of the salary issue...