June 23, 2021
PUBLIC FINANCE > Budget > FY 2022

Baker seems eager to start spending

Governor, Legislature sparring over billions

Bruce Mohl ,

Commonwealth Magazine

Eileen McAnneny, the president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, wasn’t enthusiastic about the governor’s two-month sales tax holiday. She thought the money could be better spent on job training or replenishing the unemployment insurance fund to reduce assessments on the state’s businesses.