Word: moneyed
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Among Dukakis' few supporters in the Legislature is Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70 (D-Cambridge). Barrett could not be reached for comment yesterday, but according to aide David Osborne the Cambridge senator supported the governor's veto because he believes the state doesn't have the money to fund the local aid package...
...best estimates are that the budget is one-half billion dollars out of balance," Osborne said. "We can't allocate money we don't have...
...legislative leaders, including House Speaker George Keverian '53 (D-Everett), said the governor's power to impound money must be challenged...
...Patricia McGovern (D-Lawrence) chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, voted for the override but admitted it was a symbolic gesture. McGovern said Dukakis has the legal power to make the cuts and is right when he says the money is not there. Several court precedents, she said, have clearly established the power of the governor to freeze spending...
Such a dream may be seductive, may sound sexy to the ears of millions of Americans, but it is a fairly tenuous thing for any nation to be risking so much time and money...