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3 BIG LIES: OUR OPPOSITION SUPPORTS “REASONABLE” CUTS IN GOVERNMENT SPENDING, TAXES, OR WASTE by Michael Cloud
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“I support reasonable reductions in Massachusetts government spending, but ending the income tax would decimate the state,” said several elected politicians.
“I support sensible tax cuts, but eliminating the income tax is too extreme,” said a local government official.
“Of course, we want measured and moderate reductions of unneeded government spending, but abolishing the income tax is ridiculous,” said several opponents.
They publicly empathize and sympathize with workers and taxpayers. They tell us they understand our frustration with economic conditions. They feel our financial pain.
When pressed, the opposition to ENDing the Income tax tells interviewers, reporters, and audiences… 3 Big Lies.
Big Lie Number 1: They support ‘reasonable’ reductions in government spending – but not the extreme and devastating reductions Ballot Question 1 would cause.
Big Lie Number 2: They support ‘reasonable’ tax cuts – but not the drastic step of repealing the income tax.
Big Lie Number 3: They support ‘reasonable’ efforts to reduce government waste – who doesn’t? – but they’re against using Ballot Question 1 to squeeze out waste.
How can you be sure that the opposition is lying when they say these 3 things?
“Watch what they do, not what they say,” advised Attorney General John N. Mitchell.*
“By their fruits shall ye know them,” says Scripture.
“Actions speak louder,” says the proverb.
Test what the speaker says against what he does. And has done. Look at his political actions for the last 10 years, 20 years, or 30 years.
Ask the Opposition Massachusetts Teachers Union official to show you, say, any 3 ‘reasonable’ tax reductions for the 3,400,000 workers and taxpayers that they donated to and campaigned for. Any 3.
Ask the Opposition politician to give you 3 ‘reasonable’ government spending cuts that he personally sponsored or cosponsored in the legislature in the last 10 years.
Ask the Opposition speaker to give you 3 specific examples of ‘reasonable’ waste cuts that he publicly campaigned for in the last 10 years.
Ask the Opposition organization to show you any 3 tax cuts, spending cuts, or waste cuts they lobbied the state legislature for – or lobbied their city government for.
If any of them can give you just 3 examples of actions they took on behalf of ‘reasonable cuts’, follow up with a money question: “If we added up every dollar of your 3 ‘reasonable cuts,’ how much money would your cuts give back to taxpayers?”
The Massachusetts state budget is $47.3 billion. In light of that number, how reasonable are their “reasonable cuts?”
True values are expressed in action.
Big Lies are limited to words.
Earlier this year, we asked Governor Deval Patrick and the state legislature to: “Show Us the Tax Money: Open the Government Books.”
Today, we challenge the Massachusetts Teachers Union and their allies, Governor Deval Patrick, and the other elected politicians:
“Show Us your ‘reasonable’ tax cuts, spending cuts, and waste cuts. Your deeds, not words. Your results, not rhetoric. Your actions, not intentions. Show us your Tax Cuts.”
And stop telling 3,400,000 Massachusetts workers and taxpayers the 3 Big Lies.
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* John Mitchell wanted the Nixon Administration to be judged by its actions, not its words. So he said, “Watch what we do, not what we say.”
It’s still good advice.
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Anyone who lives in Taxachusetts has a real chance to send the “tax and spend” D’s and the “borrow and spend” R’s a real message.
If Massachusetts can do it, why not New Jersey?
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