Word: bulger
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...There is no question the [measure] will not serve to avoid the need for new revenue. There is still need for a tax package," Bulger said...
...have some very, very difficult choices to make," Bulger said. "This is clearly an unpopular initiative...Those who support it do so in the honest belief that it is a necessary measure...
...Bulger urged legislators to support the package, which he said incorporated some "hard choices" on cuts to the state's most expensive programs...
...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 than 5 percent growth annually, he said...
...That success led us to believe we could mean all things to all people forever," Bulger said...