Word: widmer
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Michael J. Widmer, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, a business lobby, says the measure would destroy the workings of state government...
While Howell points out that nine other states have no income tax, Widmer of the Taxpayers Foundation says this argument is misleading. Six of those states compensate with higher real-estate and sales taxes, and the other three (Nevada, Alaska and Wyoming) benefit from rich natural resources or gambling revenue...
...Widmer also questions the individual benefit involved in Question 1, saying the measure would mostly benefit the wealthy...