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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...
...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...
Locke offered a Republican amendment he said would expand the cuts and spending reductions by $258 million more to avoid taxes...
...plan before the Senate "doesn't solve the problem. It's a prescription for new taxes," Locke said. "Democrats say it's a lack of revenues. Republicans say it's too much spending...