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$1.5 - 2B Budget Deficit

 Unregulated growth of government agencies and employees, undisciplined spending and a depletion of the State's "rainy day" fund have left us with a structural deficit that can no longer be plugged by federal "bail-out" stimulous funds.

We have to find the political will on Beacon Hill to address the core problem. Spending money we don't have!

We've got to sift through the budget to find where state dollars are being wasted and do all we can to protect our towns from further cuts to Local Aid.

  • Reduce the state’s workforce to a level - we have more state employees now than in 2000, which was the last time we had the same population count.
  • Repeal the Pacheco law, which limits the state’s ability to choose the most efficient way to deliver services.
  • Eliminating benefits given to Illegal Immigrants would also provide a huge savings, plus insure that jobs are going to documented citizens of the state.
  • We have to stop corporate giveaways to industries who, in turn, don't create jobs here in Massachusetts... Just look at Evergreen Solar - $60M in tax credits, only to have jobs go to China.

Times are hard and no decision on the budget will be easy. But it will take fiscal discipline to get us out of the red and it has to happen now!
State House - Room 167
Boston, MA 02133
617.722.2810
geoff.diehl@mahouse.gov
Seventh Plymouth - Massachusetts
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Latest News
May 15, 2013 - "Diehl, legislators ask Governor to restore local aid cuts," Abington Mariner
“With a five-month trend in revenue above benchmark, restoring these local aid funds cuts is both fiscally responsible and justified,” said Diehl. “The accounts outlined in our letter to Governor Patrick are essential for the basic operations of the cities and towns across the Commonwealth.”
May 9, 2013 - "Abington’s Christie Coombs honored as ‘Unsung Heroine’," by Erin Shannon, Patriot Ledger/Enterprise
“While everyone in my district knows Christie and the wonderful things she does for people in our community and for the soldiers of Massachusetts, she doesn’t always get the recognition she deserves,” said Diehl. “I am so proud of the fact that she has been acknowledged by the state for years of putting others ahead of herself.”
May 3, 2013 - "Abington residents gather to observe National Day of Prayer," by Allan Stein, Enterprise
“It’s great that the communities are recognizing the need to pray for what happened in Boston,” said state Rep. Geoff Diehl, R-Whitman.
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