Newsnight: State needs the dollars?

(NECN) - Governor Deval Patrick and House leaders are hammering out a budget at the Massachusetts State House. There are cuts as well as hundreds of millions in added taxes. The one that is hitting home for the average citizen is a dollar-a-pack hike in cigarette tax. Representative Rachel Kaprelianis, a Democrat of Watertown, and Representative Dan Webster, a Republican of Hanson join NECN's Jim Braude to discuss the issue.

Submission | April 17, 2008

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