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• $62 million cut frqfn staf;e education programs with a consequent lay-off of 6,000 teachers.
• $210 million cut from appropriations to cities and towns which supported the poor, the needy, and the homeless.
• $3.3 million cut from programs supporting the mentally disabled.
• $96.7 million cut from other state human services programs.
• $39 million cut from college and university programs including student loans.
• some 1,600 state employers are to be layed off.
It is interesting to see what governor Dukakis left in the budget:
• $123,442 for “the promotion of breeding of greyhound dogs”.
• $900,000 for salary increases for Senate aides, secretaries, and clerks.
• $25,000 for new furnishings for the Senate lobby at the State House.
• salary and expenses for a fulltime aide for his wife, Kitty.
• $11 million for grants to be handed out by the Council of Arts and Humanities.
That same day, the Massachusetts legislature passed a bill authorizing a 15 percent “temporary” increase in the state income tax rate. In a state-wide poll conducted after the governor’s press conference, 71 percent of the public gave him a “bad” to “very bad” rating in his performance as governor.
91.8%