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"We 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."
He cautioned, however, that new taxes would still be necessary.
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...
"That success led us to believe we could mean all things to all people forever," Bulger said.
It contained several controversial measures, many of which addressed long-term spending on the state's "budget busters"--five mandated programs that make up $4.2 billion dollars of the $12 billion budget.