Romney Exposed as Big Government Governor

Time to reread this piece by Carla Howell from last May. Her group has just gotten enough signatures to get an income-tax repeal question on the Massachusetts ballot in 2008 [hooray!]:

"Mitt Romney: Champion of Big Government" [topics Howell addresses:]

• Mitt Romney has been a champion of new taxes....
• [N]ot only did Mitt Romney refuse to cut the overall Massachusetts budget, he expanded it. Dramatically.... Romney initiated massive new spending – without any prodding....
• But his grande finale was the worst of all: RomneyCare, Mitt Romney's version of socialized medicine....Ted Kennedy has pushed for socialized medicine for decades. Romney fulfilled his dream. Kennedy lobbied the legislature hard to get Romney's bill passed. It was a Romney-Kennedy alliance....

Carla Howell was the Libertarian candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 2002. She sponsored the 2002 Massachusetts ballot initiative to End the State Income Tax – which Romney opposed. Her initiative nearly won with 45% of the vote. She is Co-Founder and President of the Center For Small Government.