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Bulger cast the need for reductions in spending and new taxes along historical lines, noting that federal commitments to state aid had waned during the 1980s while state payments to cities and towns had climbed. State revenues that grew by double-digits earlier in the decade have trickled to less...
Sen. David Locke (R-Sherborn), the minority leader, sought to draw partisan lines in his opening statement and accused the Democrats of not cutting enough.
Locke offered a Republican amendment he said would expand the cuts and spending reductions by $258 million more to avoid taxes.
The proposal reported out by the Ways and Means Committee last week includes $105 million in cuts to specific state agencies and programs and $132 million in new non-tax revenues. It would save $16.5 million through overhauls in Medicaid and group insurance for state employees.
The Ways and Means proposal would gain $11.5 million in fiscal 1990 by giving the Department of Public Welfare rate-setting powers, and tightening Medicaid certification. It would generate $5 million in savings through repeal of a 1980 rollback in group insurance rates.