According Congressional Quarterly, the Pentagon wants a $450 billion budget increase over the next 5 years. On Thursday, in Washington, Pentagon officials released a new estimate for recommended defense spending. It is clear that, despite … [Read more...]
Budget Woes Hitting State
(Again, Xposted...) Ray-gun's voodoo trickle-down economics of deregulation sure has proven not to work as a solid long term policy, but you-know-what definitely trickles downhill. That is, when the economy's in jeopardy, the people facing … [Read more...]
What we can learn from the MBTA
[Apologies in advance for not supplying the link to the full article. If you have that link, I'll gladly update this post.] I've heard the excuse of "it's what the union gets" before. In negotiating non-union salaries in our town, the Board … [Read more...]
Health Care Reform Financing
The following is an op-ed piece issued to major newspapers and now being released on BlueMassGroup: Massachusetts Healthcare Reform has been successful due to the confluence of the interests of businesses, healthcare providers, … [Read more...]
Thank you Gov. Patrick for your historic support for the 6th Amendment
Many of you may not remember, but in 2003, then Gov. Romney vetoed 20% of the funding for bar advocates and the 6th Amendment right to counsel. [This is line item 0321-1510] Line item 0321-1510 had come out of the legislature … [Read more...]
Earmarks in action
7007-0900 Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism ... 26,383,309For the operation and administration of the office of travel and tourism; provided, that performance-based standards shall be … [Read more...]
Meet the new boss — same as the old boss
Looks like the police unions have saved their well-paid details perk, preventing the state from saving a bundle by using flagmen. Police should be paid well and receive good benefits. But the way to do it is to give them salaries and … [Read more...]
School Slashes, Library Losses, and Rainy Day Raids
Here is a sampling of pieces appearing in local newspapers over the last week: TewksburyJune 7 Tewksbury Override to fund school district, town hallFairhavenSchool Budget Request Denied in Town MeetingBrooklineUpcoming Override Vote to … [Read more...]
Like a “Box of Chocolates” there is something for everyone in this “consolidated amendment”
At about 11 PM on Friday night, the members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives were given an 18 page "Consolidated Amendment". That is 18 pages single spaced. Like a box of chocolates, there is something for … [Read more...]
CHALLENGE from Mass Inc – solve the budget deficit, respond to Daniel Winslow and others!
Go to: http://www.massinc.org/index.p... Please read an essay there by Daniel Winslow and the other three [may be more by now} and the "Budget Brief". In my opinion, as per earlier posts of mine, the budget imbalance could be solved … [Read more...]
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