The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else

Massachusetts Question 1: Repeal State Income Tax has failed to pass the popular vote.

This measure would cut the state personal income tax rate in half for 2009 and eliminate the state personal income tax starting in 2010. A similar measure was on the ballot in 2002 but failed.

Note: the title is a quote by Frédéric Bastiat.