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Oct 31, 2008
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Oct 31, 2008
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Driven by the global economic problems and the state's fiscal crisis, cities and towns are about to enter another period of cutbacks and serious retrenchment.Major cuts in state aid to local communities are virtually certain to take place in fiscal 2010, and perhaps beyond, at a time that state…
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Oct 19, 2008
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Oct 19, 2008
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This report was prepared by: Global Insight, Inc.Sponsored by:Associated Industries of MassachusettsGreater Boston Chamber of CommerceMassachusetts Business RoundtableMassachusetts Taxpayers Foundation
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Oct 14, 2008
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Oct 14, 2008
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In order to try to minimize the enormous consequences of Question 1, the proponents argue incorrectly that total state spending is $47 billion when, as the Foundation has shown, the correct number is approximately $31.8 billion.
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Sep 30, 2008
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Sep 30, 2008
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Foundation Releases Major Report on Wide-Ranging Consequences of Question 1 to Repeal the Income Tax
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Sep 20, 2008
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Sep 20, 2008
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An upcoming analysis by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation shows that if one were to preserve the 2008 level of spending for Medicaid, health reform, state aid to municipalities, and debt service, then one would have to eliminate every other program of state government - from prisons, courts,…
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Jul 22, 2008
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Jul 22, 2008
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On behalf of a broad group of business organizations and health plans committed to ensuring access to quality and affordable health care in the Commonwealth, we are writing to express our strong opposition to the provisions imposing new assessments and taxes to fund the state's Health Care Reform…
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Jul 20, 2008
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Jul 20, 2008
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MTF Letter to State Senate The Commonwealth is going on this debt binge at the very moment that the floor may drop out of our finances. We are not risking a credit downgrade, we are virtually inviting it. Bailing out the Turnpike with no accompanying reforms, no transparency, and no comprehensive…
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Jul 09, 2008
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Jul 09, 2008
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Warning of a fiscal meltdown, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation called on Governor Patrick and legislative leaders to cut several hundred million dollars from the fiscal 2009 budget which the Legislature approved and sent to the Governor last week.
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Jun 17, 2008
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Jun 17, 2008
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The House-Senate conference committee deliberating the fiscal 2009 state budget is facing a potential billion-dollar shortfall which threatens to deplete almost half of the Commonwealth's reserves, leaving the state in a precarious position should an economic downturn hit.
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Apr 30, 2008
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Apr 30, 2008
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State Faces Large Deficits in Both Fiscal 2008 and 2009: Threatens Rapid Depletion of State’s Reserves
The state is facing a $500 million deficit in fiscal 2008 and the recently passed House budget for fiscal 2009 is at least $1 billion out of balance, creating a situation in which more than half of the state's reserves could be depleted in the next year without even accounting for a recession.
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