Comments on: Proposed Cuts for State House Budgeters http://www.pioneerinstitute.org/blog/news/proposed-cuts-for-state-house-budgeters Public Policy Research Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:55:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Katherine http://www.pioneerinstitute.org/blog/news/proposed-cuts-for-state-house-budgeters#comment-908 Katherine Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:38:09 +0000 http://www.pioneerinstitute.org/blog/news/proposed-cuts-for-state-house-budgeters#comment-908 Steve, All sounds good but there is still alot more that could be done. Some of the salaries that state and municipal workers are receiving is crazy. How about the MHD, these guys get to bring home a vehicle. With gas prices as high as they are, no one should be able to bring a vehicle home. School officials (ie: Superintendents, Business Administrators, etc.) have vehicles to use at will. Mass. Highway and School district salaries pay very well. I have gone on the MHD website to check out the contracts for salaries, I wish my husband made that kind of money. The money that non-state and non-municipality workers makes is no where near what most private sector workers are making. As a taxpayer, I say cut what needs to be cut, close that gap on health insurance(the more you make the more you should pay). We are in a worlk of trouble and changes need to be made. Thanks for listening!! Steve,
All sounds good but there is still alot more that could be done. Some of the salaries that state and municipal workers are receiving is crazy. How about the MHD, these guys get to bring home a vehicle. With gas prices as high as they are, no one should be able to bring a vehicle home. School officials (ie: Superintendents, Business Administrators, etc.) have vehicles to use at will. Mass. Highway and School district salaries pay very well. I have gone on the MHD website to check out the contracts for salaries, I wish my husband made that kind of money. The money that non-state and non-municipality workers makes is no where near what most private sector workers are making. As a taxpayer, I say cut what needs to be cut, close that gap on health insurance(the more you make the more you should pay). We are in a worlk of trouble and changes need to be made. Thanks for listening!!

]]> By: Dan Winslo http://www.pioneerinstitute.org/blog/news/proposed-cuts-for-state-house-budgeters#comment-864 Dan Winslo Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:37:54 +0000 http://www.pioneerinstitute.org/blog/news/proposed-cuts-for-state-house-budgeters#comment-864 Steve, Great ideas. There's even more we could do, such as driving fiscal reforms to the municipal level using local aid as leverage, eliminating the line items for all non-agencies and non-authorities (i.e. corporations or other groups that answer to no elected official) that now receive state funding, and more. If you want to prepare a municipal brainstorm list of non-tax revenue and savings ideas, especially with model bylaw/ordinance language, let me know. Great to see you this week. Steve,

Great ideas. There’s even more we could do, such as driving fiscal reforms to the municipal level using local aid as leverage, eliminating the line items for all non-agencies and non-authorities (i.e. corporations or other groups that answer to no elected official) that now receive state funding, and more. If you want to prepare a municipal brainstorm list of non-tax revenue and savings ideas, especially with model bylaw/ordinance language, let me know. Great to see you this week.

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