Supporters of The Income Tax Repeal
The official proponent of the measure is the Committee for Small Government. Michael Cloud and Carla Howell lead the committee.
Initiative supporter Michael Cloud believes that the measure will lower the budget from about $28 billion to $17 billion which is approximately the size of the 1995 state budget.
Polling shows that 46 percent of those asked support the measure before hearing any of its details, and 40 percent still supported it after hearing about the measure in depth.
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