Post #3193163
2025-10-23 17:33 UTC
@D_J_Nathanson@esq.social
https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2024-01-08/healey-cuts-375m-in-spending-as-tax-collections-lag
"The Massachusetts Constitution grants governors the authority to unilaterally make budget cuts when state spending exceeds projected revenue."
Again, the issue is that she proposed "tax reforms" that, according to Jamie Eldridge and others, benefited the wealthy. The loss of revenue was a choice, as were targeting programs that would have benefited the most vulnerable among us.
@lalonsander@chaos.social
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@dnkboston@apobangpo.space 2025-10-23 17:36
@D_J_Nathanson@esq.social Part of why I'm on about this is because I receive the same messages and calls to action for Lift Our Kids under Healey as I did under Baker. Someone who chooses to target the people in most need of assistance in the name of "fiscal responsibility" isn't getting anything from me. @lalonsander@chaos.social