Gov. Deval Patrick warms to sales-tax cut
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Boston Herald: The Patrick administration has done an about-face on a possible rollback of the state sales-tax increase. On his first full day as acting governor, Lt. Gov. Tim Murray said the Patrick administration wouldn’t rule out future reductions in the sales tax, which increased to 6.25 percent in August from 5 percent. “If there could be a quick return in terms of dramatic growth, certainly we’d be willing to look at those types of things,” Murray told State House News Service. “I don’t think we’d categorically rule anything out.” But that response marks a shift from what the governor said last month when asked about a ballot question to reduce the sales tax. Patrick said he opposed the idea. “The sales-tax hike was not my first choice, but it helps to address a lot of needs that the public is clamoring for,” Patrick told the Herald in August. Joseph Landolfi, a Patrick spokesman, said both answers are consistent. “The lieutenant governor was speculating that if revenues were to bounce back to levels that could sustain the budget and government service, it might be something we would review,” he said. Murray and Patrick’s dueling answers were in response to questions about a ballot initiative proposed by the Alliance to Roll Back Taxes.
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