AND - AS revenue rebounds, reverse the cuts. The reality is that there are fewer safety net services today to help struggling families care for children or manage mentally ill children's care then there were 10 years ago - DCF no longer has … [Read more...]
A Smokin’ Success Story
[Crossposted from ONE Massachusetts by Harmony Blakeway]As our community leaders and advocates look through the dramatic cuts being made to all manner of state structures and programs, we thought it would be good to look at one of our many … [Read more...]
Tomorrow’s 9C Cut Announcement: Can We Balance Cuts With Other Options to Support Our State?
ONE Massachusetts project director Yawu Miller spent this morning at the Tax Expenditure Budget Hearing, asking that committee, and the Legislature as a whole, to examine the tax expenditure budget as carefully as legislators examine the … [Read more...]
Is raising taxes political suicide?
When legislators talk about talking about raising taxes they say it would be political suicide. I disagree. It is how it is framed. Most of our legislators don't have real opposition. There is no real GOP and incumbency is very powerful. I … [Read more...]
Thank God it’s not Friday -9C cuts anyway
cross posted at ONE Massachusetts And if all of that were'nt enough the Governor got a letter that said we were not spending our stimulus money fast enough. To the defense came Some congressional Democrats sprang to the … [Read more...]
Experienced activists protecting programs AND searching for additional revenues
Have you signed up for the October 22 Insider Budget Briefing with Peter Enrich Law Professor at Northeastern University and former general counsel to the Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance, for a close look at … [Read more...]
House One = “legislation without appropriation” – Time to establish a Legislative Budget Office
House One as filed by Governor Deval Patrick suffers from the same deficit as every other piece of legislation in this State - Legislation without appropriation. Changes are made by the outside sections, but no one knows what they will … [Read more...]
Updated! Civic engagement opportunity! Learn what to do when state revenues decline.
We recognize that we all need to act responsibly in the face of the current fiscal crisis. But we also need to understand the fiscal impact and the process and standards the Governor and the Legislature are using to implement the 9C cuts. … [Read more...]
Open Letter to Governor Patrick from Massachusetts Nonprofit Network
We know that Massachusetts is facing some tough times. Although our state economy seems to be more resistant to the economic downturn than other states, the reality is that it will be impossible to avoid the effects of the poor … [Read more...]
Reverse 9C Cuts — Join The Campaign for Public Responsibility
You can......... ? Educate yourself about the law and budget policies that allowed the Governor to invoke his 9C powers as well as some solution options at Mass Budget and Policy Center's website www.massbudget.org for an … [Read more...]