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BOSTON--A state budget nearly $600 million trimmer than the governor's plan would need no new taxes but would force economies in state government as proposed yesterday by House Ways and Means Chair Richard Voke...
...Voke thus positioned the House leadership on the side of what many House members believe is the prevailing popular sentiment against any tax increase. The House budget plan presents members with a clear alternative to the higher spending and $604 million tax increase advocated by Dukakis...
After expediting his budget plan through Ways and Means with little opposition and without debate, Voke told a crowded news conference that his goal is the downsizing of government, arguing that continuing present trends would require annual tax increases...
...base of government spending is becoming so large that new tax and 'revenue enhancement' packages will become an annual event to support spiraling budget growth. This is intolerable," Voke said...
...Voke also said pointedly that if Dukakis' goal was to "buy off" the cities and towns with generous amounts of local aid, his tactic did not work because legislators are not hearing calls from local officials to support the tax package...