I was so encouraged with the great welcome I got from so many BMGrs with my last post about Jobs I thought I would share our latest video on spending.
I am the Republican candidate for State Representative in the Eighth Suffolk District.
All of the figures quoted in the video are available at either:
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report 2009
Statutory Basis Fincial Report 2009
Note: Source attributed to SBAR 2009 in video should have read SBFR.
Please share widely!
If I visit the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (ignoring for a moment their ultra-annoying favicon), I learn that as a percentage of state personal income, state spending decreased slightly from 1998 to 2008 from 6.91% to 6.63%.
I looked at that myself. It unfortunately leaves out some important issues such as off budget spending which is roughly 45% of total state spending.
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p>I will also have to look at personal income (their benchmark) versus State GDP. There may have been a change in that relationship.
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p>I’m not saying one is more valid than the other just that I will have to look at it further.
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p>Thanks for the link.