In today’s Boston Globe, Treasurer Tim Cahill claims he “doesn’t have enough insight” into our broken budget to be able to offer any ways to fix it.  A bit of an odd admission coming from our state’s Treasurer!  I’m not even an office-holder and I’ve been able to come up with a number of ways in which we could cut spending and consolidate and reform state government.  You can read about some of my ideas in the Globe’s article here: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/02/18/patrick_challengers_offer_ideas_to_close_budget_gap/

My running mate, State Senator Richard Tisei, knows a lot about the budget and year after year has fought for commonsense fiscal solutions which would make our government smaller and more efficient.  Here is his statement on Tim Cahill’s comments:

“This is just another example of Tim Cahill’s protecting big spending and the status quo on Beacon Hill.  The next Governor is going to have to be willing to make tough choices and big decisions on the budget, and Charlie Baker will.  We know Governor Patrick doesn’t have what it takes to run the state effectively and to control spending, today Treasurer Cahill reaffirmed that he doesn’t have the knowledge or the willingness to bring about change either.”