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At this point, Massachusetts taxpayers don’t pay taxes. They fund a government startup that never files quarterly reports and somehow always needs another round.
Editorial and analysis from the YRTC
At this point, Massachusetts taxpayers don’t pay taxes. They fund a government startup that never files quarterly reports and somehow always needs another round.
For two years I’ve hammered on Beacon Hill for being among the least productive legislatures in the country. After reading Amendment 759, I’m starting to think the gridlock was the only thing protecting us.
Beacon Hill is streamlining again — and Cape Cod taxpayers are about to find out which kind of screwdriver they need.
The Massachusetts FY 2027 budget reveals what analysts call the Two-Headed Leviathan: taxpayers funding a state government that keeps growing AND pouring record billions into an unregulated NGO ecosystem that functions like a shadow government.