Kiss the "Millionaires tax" good bye
From the Globe:
The Supreme Judicial Court, in a 5-2 ruling, said the initiative
petition should not have been certified by Democratic Attorney General
Maura Healey because it violated the “relatedness” clause of the state
constitution that prohibits ballot questions from mingling unrelated
subjects — in this case, taxing and spending.
Another example of how big business has won over public sentiment with their money. I thought it was a good question, but it also allowed the legislature to use the money where they wanted, instead of road repair and education. Could have been 2 billion in revenue.
posted by Jim Pillsbury @ 4:00 PM
3 Comments
3 Comments:
I think the problem with this question not being allowed was more that the language was poorly written, not that big business spent a lot of money to stop it, although that is probably true also. The ballot question submiter should know the requirements for getting one of these approved and they did not do what they needed to do. Maybe you should teach a class in how to write a ballot question Jim since you clearly know how to get it done.
The millionaire tax will not get us more money it will cause it to fly down to Florida, where there is no income tax. Other states have tried major grabs like this and have seen the dollars take a walk.
It's a grab.. I agree.. but this state needs a major influx of revenue from somewhere. Since they've tried everything to stop or slow down the pot industry, we won't see significant revenue from that until 2019 or 20. Most would agree our transportation issues need major upgrades and repairs. Most agree, education needs more funding. If there not going to toll all the major highways in the State, we can expect lousy roads and crumbling infrastructure for the foreseeable future.
More importantly is the business group who brought suite against the question. Once again, the voter is denied the opportunity to weigh in on a tax question.
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