2022 MA Governor's race: on Tax Reform


Danielle Allen: Better targeted investment than two-month sales tax holiday

Allen dismissed Gov. Charlie Baker's proposed two-month sales-tax holiday for Massachusetts, saying the estimated $900 million Baker wants to return to residents would be better used for targeted investments in high-need areas. "I think that we should be taking the opportunity of the [budget] surplus to consider strategic investments in our people, in our infrastructure, in our economy," Allen said.
Source: WGBH Boston-NPR on 2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial race Jun 25, 2021

Maura Healey: Defends tax cut as imperative; cuts $375M from budget

A day after trimming $375 million from the state budget, Healey said she has no regrets about signing a billion-dollar tax cut package into law. "Not at all," Healey said. "I mean, the tax cut was absolutely, in my view, imperative. It was imperative to make this state more affordable for people." Healey informed state lawmakers of the spending cuts, describing them as a necessary move with tax collections for this fiscal year now projected to land $1 billion lower than originally anticipated.
Source: WGBH News on 2022 Massachusetts Gubernatorial race Jan 9, 2024

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Candidates and political leaders on Tax Reform:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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