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Levy said he suspected that there were other unstated interests at stake in opposition to the land sale, including Governor W. Mitt Romney??s previously-stated desire to dissolve the Turnpike Authority...
...raise taxes; it preserves our commitment to care for those who can’t care for themselves,” Romney said at the time. A month later, a series of crushing cuts in state aid to municipalities and human services reveal the flimsiness of Romney??s third claim...
Romney also proposed to save $60 million by restructuring health and human services in Massachusetts. His plan has met opposition from advocates for the poor, elderly and ill, who say that that Romney??s savings will come at the expense of services including Medicaid and nursing care. Their arguments are convincing, as Romney has already announced that he will close 36 “underutilized” health and human services offices, which will inherently reduce access to these services...
...nation’s current economic woes mean that many states are grappling with budget crises. But Romney??s proposed means of generating revenue in Massachusetts—including fee and toll increases and tuition hikes at state colleges and universities—act as a form of regressive taxation. Because every individual faces the same cost, the poor will lose a larger percentage of the incomes to state fees—while they simultaneously suffer the most under Romney??s budget cuts...
With his promise not to raise taxes, Romney has ruled out a more equitable way of generating revenue: increasing the progressive income tax by reversing Massachusetts’ tax rollbacks of the mid-’90s. But like his promise to save the state more than $2 billion, Romney??s refusal to raise taxes may be especially harmful to the state. That Romney is sacrificing the welfare of the people of Massachusetts for the sake of his campaign promises is a true sign of poor leadership...