Suzanne Bump, the new Auditor has it right in deciding to audit the so-called "tax expenditure budget" The auditor's office carried out an initial review of 91 of the 203 programs in the tax expenditures budget that have significant … [Read more...]
Its Jobs, Jobs, Jobs! With poll!
Workforce development updated its page July 23 and seems to indicate that if you were receiving unemployment, but were cut off after 26 weeks and before 99 weeks you should "expect a letter". Note that there is a phone line, though, … [Read more...]
The Great Massachusetts giveaway called “The Tax Expenditure Budget”
Now what if instead of making a bad bet on Casinos, the legislature actually cut back on giveaways? Did you know 50% of potential state revenue is lost due to "giveaways, tax breaks for corporations, and grandfathered incentives"? … [Read more...]
Talking Points for a Better Budget
[Crossposted from ONE Massachusetts] The things that make Massachusetts a great place to live - good schools, clean water, safe streets - are only possible due to our shared, ongoing support. Unfortunately, a decade of tax cuts and … [Read more...]
Striving for budget transparency. “You can’t manage what you can’t measure”
As a state, we have already taken drastic measures to address our budgetary shortfalls. We have slashed hundreds of millions of dollars in services, we have raised the sales tax to prevent deeper cuts and we continue to rely on one-time … [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...]