Description: Cable tv companies protest proposed 5% state tax, which they will pass on to consumers. Samples of programming from Continental Cablevision. MTV logo.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/12/1989
Description: Examination of revenue raising options: regressive vs. progressive taxes according to Barbara Anderson and Jim Braude.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/30/1989
Description: Reps. Peter Blute, Lida Harkins, Raymond Jordan talk about how re-election campaigns can hinge on tax positions. Alexander Tennant comments on gaining more Republican House seats.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/26/1990
Description: At Bristol Community College, Barbara Anderson and Jim Braude formally debate the CLT tax rollback petition. Opponents of Question 3 demonstrate outside. Person dressed as grim reaper.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/27/1990
Description: Michael Dukakis, with bandaged hands, breaks ground for cargo terminal at Logan, and comments on proposed tax rollback. William Weld favors the rollback.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/05/1990
Description: Explainer on the arguments about state tax increases and the change in per capita burden over the last 12 years.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/12/1989
Description: Comparison of Michael Dukakis making budget cuts (because he could not get taxes passed), with Bush breaking promise of "no new taxes."
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/03/1990
Description: Interview with Taylor Branch, author of "Parting the Waters" on Martin Luther King, Jr.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/16/1989
Description: Boston Teachers Union reaches tentative agreement with city on 3-year contract. Ray Flynn, Laval Wilson, Thomas O'Reilly, Edward Doherty. Young children walk behind teacher into corridor.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/22/1989
Description: KLVX -- Las Vegas story: Teamsters Convention in Las Vegas, 6/1/1981.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/01/1981