As Bay State officials stare at a $6 billion structural deficit amid plummeting tax revenue, adding this program would be quite difficult, said Eileen McAnneny of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. “The state would be hard-pressed to find that money,” she said, noting the numerous competing needs during the coronavirus crisis.
August 20, 2020
FY 2021
New $400 unemployment plan called ‘highly problematic’ for Massachusetts amid coronavirus crisis
As Bay State officials stare at a $6 billion structural deficit amid plummeting tax revenue, adding this program would be quite difficult, said Eileen McAnneny of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. “The state would be hard-pressed to find that money,” she said, noting the numerous competing needs during the coronavirus crisis.