CITIZENS   FOR  LIMITED  TAXATION
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“Every Tax is a Pay Cut ... A Tax Cut is a Pay Raise”

35 years as “The Voice of Massachusetts Taxpayers”


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Independence Day spoiled in Taxachusetts  (Jul 2)

Governor, please veto the proposed sales tax hike  (Jun 24)

"The second-largest tax increase in state history"?  (Jun 23)
The last gasps of an endangered species, incumbents?  (Jun 10)
Preserve the People's Initiative & Referendum Right  (Jun 3)
Senate hikes taxes:  Time to replace tax hike senators  (May 22)
A Quiz for Senators  (May 18)
"Reform before revenue"?  What a joke!
New taxes likely coming
  (May 14)
H.1700 - Eminent Domain Constitutional Amendment  (May 13)

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Links to Updates; 1997 ->

State income tax repeal ballot question defeated 70-30%

A 70-Percenter's Reward




●   House Roll Call Vote to Hike Sales Tax by 25%  (Apr 27)
Roll Call Vote  
   Adopted 108-51

●   Senate Roll Call Votes on Tax Hikes  (May 19)

Vote to Hike Income Tax    Defeated 11-28
Vote to Hike Sales Tax 25% 
  Adopted 29-10

 Vote These Tax Hike Thieves Out!
 


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The Fat-Cats’ Trojan Horse

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Was It a Promise or Wasn't It?

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House Version

Senate Version

Contains former-Speaker Thomas Finneran's
absurd defense of the indefensible

Contains former-President Thomas Birmingham's
absurd defense of the indefensible

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Boston Globe Magazine - May 18, 1986
Massachusetts makes a comeback
What is responsible for the state's amazing turnaround?
Would you believe Proposition 2½?

By Charles Kenney


Including "Where Would You Cut?"  (A CLT Exercise in Futility)
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Proposition 2½ Information

Proposition 2½ - 20 Years Later
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Everything You Wanted to Know About Levy Limits ...But Were Afraid to Ask
A Primer on Prop 2½
  
Property  Tax  Abatement  Form   
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