-passage from the Declaration of Independence
Last month Governor Deval Patrick imposes new taxes in an effort to support the state's education, business and construction. One of the benefits that result from the tax increase is the potential decrease in school dropout rates. Patrick, from my understanding, seems to have disregarded the section in the Declaration of Independence referring to taxes. The article states that Patrick signed a bill that "prohibits hospitals from collecting payments for medical mistakes". He acted out of personal motive without consent, "despite the lobby by pharmaceutical and biomedical groups in Massachusetts". I believe that his decision served a valid purpose, though was unfair to certain individuals. I disagree with the fact that he had imposed taxes on a certain group in society, rather than the state of Massachusettes as a whole.