RALLYING AGAINST THE STATE INCOME TAX, in Boston. “About 200 activists rallied at Faneuil Hall in downtown Boston today, urging voters to abolish the state income tax at the ballot box in November. Supporters of Question 1, a measure that would eliminate the state’s 5.3 percent income tax, denounced government spending as wasteful and excessive and said workers deserve to keep more of their wages in hard economic times. . . . In 2002, a similar ballot measure gained 45 percent of the vote, a level of support that stunned many political observers.”

We interviewed Carla Howell, a proponent of this measure, not long ago.