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To the editor:
Governor Michael Dukakis has balanced the budget for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts every year: nine times, including two years in which he inherited deficits from his predecessors, one of them of record size. While doing this, he cut taxes five times in four years, addlg up to the largest tax cut in Masoacl. isetts history. In his first term as governor, more than 170,000 new jobs were created.
After a four-year period out of office, Dukakis was re-elected by a landslide. He faced double-digit unemployment, the second budget deficit, and an atmosphere of corruption in state government. He restored and maintains strict integrity and
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