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'''Michael Cloud''' is a motivational speaker who was the [[Massachusetts]] Libertarian Party candidate for U.S. Senate in 2002.  He garnered about 18% of the vote in a 2-way race against the Democratic candidate, benefiting from the lack of a Republican candidate in the race. He briefly served as campaign manager for the 1996 Harry Browne for President campaign, replaced by Sharon Ayres. He was formerly known as Michael Emerling.

In 2004 Michael Cloud was a Co-founder of the Center For Small Government, an organization dedicated to limiting the size of state and federal government
 
Cloud is currently working with fellow Libertarian Party personality [[Carla Howell]] as co-chair of the [[Massachusetts State Income Tax Repeal (2008)|Committee For Small Government]].<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/11/24/4_ballot_petitions_clear_1st_obstacle?mode=PF ''4 ballot petitions clear 1st obstacle'', Boston Globe, Nov. 24, 2007]</ref> The Committee's goal is to put the issue of ending the [[Massachusetts]] income tax on the 2008 ballot. In 2002, a similar [[Massachusetts End the Income Tax Initiative (2002)|campaign]] ended up with an impressive 45.3 percent of the vote.<ref>http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/11/20/ending-the-income-tax-in-taxachusetts/</ref>

==External links==
*[http://www.smallgovernmentact.org/ Committee For Small Government ballot initiative website]
*[http://www.centerforsmallgovernment.com/ Center For Small Government website]
*[http://www.theadvocates.org/secrets.html Advocates for Self Government]

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[[Category:Massachusetts ballot initiative activists]]