But where does it go? Certainly not back to the taxpayers in the form of public services and social programs. The input to output ratio of MA government is highly inefficient yet most people in this state worship at the alter of government authority so nobody questions why it has to be so inefficient.
Looking at the state budget, or anything published by the state doesn't tell you what is just pork and what positions are jobs programs for the politically well connected. I have immediate family members in state government in MA. It's not like I don't know how this work.
But where does it go? Certainly not back to the taxpayers in the form of public services and social programs. The input to output ratio of MA government is highly inefficient yet most people in this state worship at the alter of government authority so nobody questions why it has to be so inefficient.