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...climate of rising deficits and depleted social services, some misguided voters still support Ballot Question One—a Massachusetts referendum that promises to destroy one of the most significant sources of state revenue. Today, the ballot initiative will ask voters whether to eliminate the state income tax. We hope that they respond with a resounding “no.” The state income tax accounts for 40 percent of Massachusetts’s revenue. If it is discarded, the billion dollars of budget cuts so far will look like pocket change compared to the $12.5 billion that...
...deferred investment accounts years before their children graduate from high school. Such plans not only ensure that families have a secure source of money for college tuition, but also help investing this money back into the strained American economy. Georgia high school students have already benefited from the HOPE scholarship, which covers the full cost of tuition at in-state public universities and gives generous grants to high-achieving students in private colleges. We applaud these states for their willingness to tackle this difficult issue, and we hope to see other states follow their example. At the federal level...
...guess is there will be a certain number of conservatives who rally around Palin as the next bright hope. There will be others who say, look, what's killing us is we've got this stand on abortion that's an albatross around our neck. They will look for some champion, somebody of the Jim Leach school of Republican thought...
...conservative, which direction do you hope the party goes...
Voters across the nation will head to the polls at various hours today to cast their ballots, earn their stickers and hope for the best. But each state is polling within a distinct time frame, so take a moment to consult this chart before arranging your Election Day schedule, or making the final scratch mark on your not-so-early early vote...