Our Ballot Initiative Ends the Income Tax

No tax on wages . No tax on interest or dividends . No tax on capital gains . No Income Tax .

Our Small Government Act to End the Massachusetts Income Tax Ballot Initiative is a bold first step to make government small.

We've formed the Committee For Small Government to do this, and we're heading for the November 2008 ballot. We collected 100,000 raw signatures between September and November of 2007 and turned them in to the state Elections Division by the deadline on December 4th. They approved 76,084 of those signatures - only 66,593 were needed to surmount the major hurdle we faced to make the ballot.

Now the campaign is ready to reallfy fly. To give 3,400,000 taxpayers in Massachusetts an opportunity to END the income tax - forever.

But why is this important? Why try to repeal the income tax?

What Are the Benefits of Ending the Income Tax in Massachusetts?

1. Our Ballot Initiative will give back over $3,700 each to over 3,400,000 Massachusetts workers. $3,700 average. Each worker. Not just once. Every year.

2. It will take $12 Billion out of the hands of Massachusetts Big Government – and put it back into the hands of the men and women who earned it. Not just once. Every year.

3. In productive, private hands this $12 Billion a year will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs in Massachusetts.

4. This will force the state legislature to streamline and cut the waste out of the Massachusetts state budget.

5. This will force the state legislature to get rid of the failed, flawed government programs that don't work – and often make things worse.

6. It'll make the state legislature accountable to Massachusetts workers and taxpayers – instead of the government employees, lobbyists, and special interests who profit from high government spending.

7. With less government and no income tax, Massachusetts will become a magnet to private, productive businesses and individuals. More good jobs and more good workers.

Wouldn't these benefits get you to the polls on Election Day in 2008?

Does Ending the state Income Tax Go Too Far?

Ending the Massachusetts Income Tax would roll back the state government spending 39% -- to the 1999 budget.

Between 1990 and 2007, the population of Massachusetts rose from 6 million residents to 6.5 million. In 17 years, the population increased 8.3%.

During the same period, Massachusetts state government spending more than DOUBLED.

During the same period, most city and town government spending also more than DOUBLED .

Reducing state government spending by only 39% leaves the state government more than it needs.