Romney left MA with a $1 Billion deficit

[rox63]

Fire up the way-back machine, folks...

This needs to become a campaign issue. When MA Governor Deval Patrick took office, he found out that Mitt Romney left him with an unpleasent suprise - A $1 Billion deficit.

Patrick says state has $1B deficit
By DAVID WEBER
Associated Press writer
January 06, 2007 12:00 AM

BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick opened his first full day on the job yesterday with bad news, saying the state faces a revenue deficit of "at least" $1 billion in the next fiscal year.

Patrick said the Romney administration used "all kinds of patches and plugs" to obscure a looming budget shortfall in fiscal 2008. But Patrick, speaking during a break in a morning meeting with his cabinet, said he is confident that severe program and service cuts will not be needed to close the gap.

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More here: http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070106/NEWS/701060346&cid=sitesearch

[Tsiyu]

1. Definitely need to be a campaign issue

Thanks for the post