Courtesy of the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, herewith a comparison (by aggregate and category) of the House and Senate versions of the 2016 State Budget in constant 2015 dollars; with 2001 and 2009 final budget numbers for comparison.
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We now spend more on prisons/probation/parole than we do on higher education or general local aid. How many voters would have signed off on that?
Maybe less so in MA, but you certainly get that vibe from some quarters nationwide.