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Governor Healey just signed a $63.4 billion budget today. No vetoes. No income tax cut. No gas tax relief. No electric bill relief. And 150 SNAP fraud caseworkers getting cut. Over a billion in SNAP fraud on her watch. Biden warned her. Her staff told not to verify. And now she is cutting the people responsible for catching the fraud while expanding the program. You seriously cannot make this up 😅

During this weeks Senate budget debate, State Senator Patricia Jehlen called Massachusetts’ new $63.4 BILLION state budget an "austerity budget." Let that sink in. The budget grew roughly 4% over last year and nearly 60% over the last decade, yet Beacon Hill politicians still act like government is being starved of resources. Included in the budget were more taxpayer-funded earmarks, expanded rental assistance spending, funding for advocacy organizations, and amendments weakening oversight requirements for public benefits. Meanwhile, taxpayers are struggling with out of control housing costs, ever increasing energy bills, and local tax overrides because of Beacon Hill's chronic underfunding of local aid to cities and towns. Record spending. Out-of-touch politicians. And priorities that couldn’t be more misplaced.