Question 3: Massachusetts Spending - Public Salaries
In the midst of the Question 3 debate , many reluctant citizens demand to see fraud and waste so they can feel comfortable about cutting the sales tax. As if this fraud and waste is neatly spelled out on page 666 in the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report or cataloged by the Department of Fraud and Waste. Perhaps we should just called Deval and ask him how many billions we are wasting and whether he can point us to the right department. What you are asking for IS NOT VISIBLE!! The best we can do, for those willing to take the time and energy is to piece together the available data and make a reasonable conclusion on what is happening. So far, in our previous look at the spending levels of MA from 2002-2009 we have concluded the following: Chart showing spending and incomes . From 2002 to 2009, spending jumped from 34.3 Billion to 49.4 Billion. This represents a 44% increase. Using a rudimentary inflation calculator, we can determine that inflation within that time wa