| 00:00:00 | MORE AFFORDABLE FOR WORKING FAMILIES AND ALSO FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, ROLLING BACK TAXES IS THE KEY ISSUE. |
| 00:00:07 | THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ROLLING BACK THIS NEXT TAX BECAUSE A NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESSES ALSO PAY THIS INDIVIDUAL NEXT TAX AND THAT WOULD HAVE PUT OVER $2 BILLION BACK INTO THE POCKETS OF PEOPLE HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND IT WOULD HAVE STIMULATED THE ECONOMY. |
| 00:00:22 | FOR ALL WE KNOW OUR REVENUES WOULD BE HIGHER TODAY THAN THEY ARE IF WE HAD IN FACT ROLLED BACK TAXES BECAUSE WE ARE INVESTING IN THE ECONOMY BY LEAVING THAT MONEY IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS AND IT'S NOT JUST THE $200 IT'S THE $500 MILLION OR $600 MILLION THAT WE WOULD LEAVE IN THE ECONOMY OF MASSACHUSETTS TO DO THAT WORK. |
| 00:00:41 | AND, CHRISTY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR PROPOSITION 1, I HOPE THAT THE MODERATOR WILL ALLOW US TO ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THESE VARIOUS PROPOSALS, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO. |
| 00:00:52 | >> JUST BRIEFLY. |
| 00:00:53 | >> HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE LEVEL OF LOCAL AID RAISED TO 40%. |
| 00:01:00 | IMMEDIATELY. |
| 00:01:01 | YOURS STIPULATES THAT, CORRECT? |
| 00:01:02 | >> ALL THE TIME. |
| 00:01:04 | >> AND BY YOUR OWN CALCULATIONS, THAT'S $1. |
| 00:01:08 | 7 BILLION MORE THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND TO PUT INTO LOCAL AID. |
| 00:01:15 | I PUT TOGETHER A BUDGET, AND IF YOU TAKE THAT PIE, THERE'S FIXED COST AND PENSION COSTS AND THERE'S -- AND THE ONLY THINGS OTHER THAN LOCAL AID THAT YOU CAN WORK WITH AND SHRINK ARE, EDUCATION, HEALTH |
