Fiscal responsibility is a central priority in every session. In every session, different legislators have a different view of what measures are necessary to achieve fiscal responsibility. For example, it is not clear yet whether there is an appetite in this session for major reforms in public employee pension benefits, although this is an area that I retain a continuing interest in as a member of and the current Senate Co-chair of the Public Service Committee. An area closely allied to fiscal responsibility and one that I have given a lot of attention to in previous sessions is transparency. I am currently feeling my way on whether additional transparency measures can be implemented in the current session. For more on these top priorities, visit the following links:
I’ll be adding more to this page as the session develops. Please the links below regarding fiscal responsibility more generally. You can browse all posts about state financial issues or use the subject outline below:
- Statements about the state’s financial outlook
- The federal budget sequester and the state budget.
- Long Term Fiscal Policy Framework
- State financial outlook for 2012 and beyond (December 2010)
- Our long term financial problems II (Fall 2010)
- Our long term financial problems (Summer 2010)
- State budget woes (Fall 2009)
- Does the state have a structural deficit? (January 2008)
- What is state’s longer term fiscal outlook ? (January 2008)
- How “tight” is the FY2009 state budget? (January 2008)
- State revenue projections for 2008 (February 2008)
- Annual statements of my budget priorities as a legislator
- State budget basics
- What entities comprise the Commonwealth of Massachusetts?
- What entities and activities does the legislature budget for annually?
- What are the major sources of revenue that support budgeted expenditures?
- What are the major objects of budgeted expenditures?
- How have the major categories of state spending grown over time?
- School Building Authority Process
- State budget resources
- Of historical interest: Archive of Belmont Financial Documents
- Tax Issues
- Overlay Reserve Account Issue
- Dazzled by the stars
- Progress on controlling special interest tax breaks
- Reform before Revenue — Scheduling Difficulties
- Voting for a sales tax increase
- Income tax reform
- Money Issues in 2009-2010
- Gas Tax
- Gas tax increase
- How does the House of Representatives propose to close the FY2009 budget gap?
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