Poll suggests wide support for ‘millionaire’ tax proposal

BOSTON – More than three quarters of Boston residents polled said they would support a surtax on incomes of $1 million or more, assuming the revenue would be used to increase spending on transportation and education, according to survey results released Monday. But critics have pointed out that revenue raise by taxing income can't be channeled into present spending categories. The survey by WBUR-FM showed that 72 percent of respondents in Boston, Brookline, Cambridge and Somerville support the

BOSTON – More than three quarters of Boston residents polled said they would support a surtax on incomes of $1 million or more, assuming the revenue would be used to increase spending on transportation and education, according to survey results released Monday. But critics have pointed out that revenue raise by taxing income can't be channeled into present spending categories. The survey by WBUR-FM showed that 72 percent of respondents in Boston, Brookline, Cambridge and Somerville support the…