Despite budget deficit, Reich seeks expansion (of the size and scope of government in Mass)

Boston Globe ^ | March 29, 2002 | Rick Klein

[Torie]

As Beacon Hill braces for big spending cuts and grapples with a spiraling fiscal crisis, gubernatorial candidate Robert B. Reich yesterday offered a plan for major budget expansions.

Reich unveiled an ''economic vision for Massachusetts'' that would vastly expand state spending on education, health care, and transportation to create jobs. ''The long-term question is not whether we can afford to make those investments,'' Reich said. ''It is whether we can afford not to.''

[Torie]

I thought this piece was simply too good not to share. Why do I get this feeling that Reich wants to raise taxes down the road?

[balrog666]

Aren't they going to vote on killing the Mass state income tax this year? Anybody know what's happening on that issue?

[Brilliant]

Let him do it. Massachusetts and California serve as a liberal experiment, but more importantly, as an example of why i not to do things this way.