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- NATION, Page 25American NotesGOVERNORSHeading for The Exit
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- The Governors of the economically beleaguered Northeast are
- calling it quits. First Michael Dukakis, surveying
- Massachusetts' shattered miracle, announced he would not seek
- re-election this fall. Then Connecticut Democrat William
- O'Neill said he had no taste for the difficult campaign he
- faced after hiking the sales tax to 8% and chopping $600
- million out of the state's $7 billion budget.
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- The latest dropout is Democrat Madeleine Kunin of Vermont,
- who announced last week that she will not seek a fourth term.
- She has been forced to cut social programs and propose a 3%
- income tax hike. Kunin blames Washington for "telling the
- American public they can have it both ways: no tax increases
- and increased social services. Unfortunately, Governors can't
- play by these rules."
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