I strongly recommend that everyone actually reads this bulletin.
http://www.masstaxpayers.org/files/State%20fiscal%20crisis%20bulletin%20with%20header.pdf
Republican candidates for Legislature and Governor should wave this bulletin high in the air to show how the Democrats have mishandled the budget for the last few years. They should also be touting the examples of how state spending could be cut to solve this gap.
Many GOP reform recommendations were ignored last year. Bring them back on the campaign trail as a way to close this gap so voters have a choice between reform and revenue.
Local officials need to push reforms at the state level too. If we sit back and let the MTF, Mass. Municipal Association and the Mass. Teachers Association lead the charge, we will be left with more "local option taxes" and calls for higher taxes at the local (via overrides) and state level to save jobs!
The claims of massive job cuts at the local level will be a reality if there is not a push for wage freezes and state spending reform.
The fiscal crisis can't be ignored any longer. This bulletin is a nice outline of the situation. We know there will be plenty of calls for new taxes, but who will be out there offering alternative options to reduce the level of expense growth?
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