Analyst puts increase in fees, taxes at $700m
Governor gives far lower figure
By Brian C. Mooney, Boston Globe Staff | September 27, 2006
Fees and taxes have increased more than $700 million a year under Governor Mitt Romney and Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey, a leading budget specialist said yesterday.
Michael J. Widmer -- president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, which closely tracks state finances -- said the state has raised roughly $740 million to $750 million per year by increasing fees and corporate taxes gained from what the Romney administration describes as ``closing loopholes."
I’ve never heard the $700 mil number. I remember about $220.