Issue Position: Smaller, Efficient, and Fiscally Responsible State Government
Issue Position
Issues: Government Budget and Spending
Our Commonwealth is drowning in debt. We have over $7 billion in authorized debt. Additionally, we have a $30+ billion underfunded state employee retirement fund. This debt hole is getting deeper by the day and there is no plan in place to stop it.
The Moffett/Harmon administration will appoint a "military base-closing" style commission to look into every corner of state government.
The commission will be chartered with consolidating back office functions and cabinets, eliminating unnecessary programs, and outsource as many state services as possible to private industry thereby creating more jobs.
The savings realized from the commission will be used to eliminate our debt and shore up the pension plan.
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