Sivermike, shut you ass. Im 18 and I do have the right to vote, im not some 14 year old. and, for your information, my parents didnt tell me anything about this election, i went and did the research by myself, and believe me, i know what im talking about. I got a letter of opinion published in the local paper. if u want a copy of it, just ask. But dont trash on me when you know nothing about what i did to formulate my opinion. I knew each of the candidates stances on every issue. I know what im talking about. And, i said the Dukakkis thing because patrick told everyone on live tv that he thought Dukakkis was a good gov. FOr your info, Dukakkis remains one of the most incompetent and hated governors to date in mass.
I align myself with healey because i believe in what she believes. She didnt promise to cut the property tax simply because it cannot be done. Patrick made false pledges to cut it when experts say that it is impossible. Patrick plans on putting an additional 1000 police on the streets yet he failed to tell us how he plans on paying for them. Police in mass make anywhere from 60-80 thousand dollars a year. This adds up. Where is he going to get the money to fund it? If u ask me, he will have to raise taxes to fund this, something he said he would never do. But taxes will most def. be raised. He is against the 5% tax rollback when the people of mass voted in favor for it a number of years ago yet he advocated for the removal of the Gay marriage question from the ballots, saying that the people of mass decided on this and that it made no sense to argue with what they decided. Well, the people of mass voted for the 5% rollback, yet he has made it his goal to reverse this when the people of mass unanimously voted for it.
The fact that he is willing to give subsidized education and housing to illegals is even worse. One day, you'll be looking for an appartment and you wont have enough money to afford it. Well, some illegals come along. Guess what they get? Reduced rates on the cost of the appartment. How can we give these deals to illegal immigrants, people who do not even pay mass taxes, when regular americans pay full price? Its ludicrous.