NEWS RELEASE
October 23, 2000
Contact: John Brockelman, (617) 423-2000
"No on 4" Supporter: Tax
break would be
"A lot to any ordinary person"
House Speaker Finneran torpedoes argument that a
yes vote on Question 4 would not provide a significant tax break to
average families across the state.
The opponents to Question 4 were dealt a serious
blow to one of their major arguments by one of their own supporters
over the weekend. House Speaker Tom Finneran, an opponent of Question
94, called the proposed tax break, "a lot to any ordinary
person" which undercuts the "No on 4" contention that
the tax break doesn't help middle income families.
"One of their own major supporters has
torpedoed one of their central arguments," said Tax Rollback
Committee spokesman John Brockelman. "Even their allies admit
that a yes vote on Question #4 would be a significant tax break for
average families across the state."
House Speaker Tom Finneran, who is prominently
displayed on the "No on 4" web site endorsers page, stated
the following in a debate on Channel 56 on 10/21/00:
Jon Keller: "Do you agree that
the $450 or $471 that the family in the Governor's example would
receive is significant or..."
Speaker Finneran: "Oh sure.
Even if it's only $200 and it depends on ones definition of the
middle class, these are very elastic definitions depending on who
you might be talking to. But whether it's $200, $300, $400 or more
that's a lot to any ordinary person..."
Jon Keller: "Because some on
your side of this issue have referred to it, disparagingly, as a sub
a week and a bag of chips."
Speaker Finneran: "I understand
the point of view, but I don't accept it, I don't find it
compelling."
Roll It Back!