House Speaker Robert DeLeo will tell Hub business leaders today that working families and businesses shouldn't have to suffer "collateral damage" from Gov. Deval Patrick's plan to hike taxes by nearly $2 billion to pay for transportation and education.
"Sensitive to today's economic realities, I'm worried that the administration's proposal places too heavy a burden on working families and businesses struggling to survive," DeLeo says in a speech this morning to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, according to his prepared remarks.
"We want to minimize the pressure on Massachusetts citizens as we find a way to meet our goals. If we are to pass a new revenue package, I believe it should be far more narrow in scope and of a significantly smaller size."
Patrick has proposed nearly $2 billion in new taxes to fund education and transportation projects and wants to hike income taxes; make regular increases in MBTA fares, RMV fees, highway tolls and the gas tax; and raise taxes on cigarettes, candy and soda, while lowering the state sales tax.
Some lawmakers prefer separating the $1 billion in transportation financing from the full state budget, with user fees instead of broad-based taxes.
In his chamber speech, DeLeo will also discuss funding for education, another Patrick priority.
"These areas cannot be sufficiently addressed without the injection of additional revenue into the system," DeLeo says. "While we agree we need to focus on these two areas, I do differ on the amount of new revenue that Massachusetts families and business should be asked to contribute."
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